diff --git a/arraycontext/fake_numpy.py b/arraycontext/fake_numpy.py
index ee714f25c277a26f4e3856bdc8dee720bf1ecf23..e3962477f07888fefcfe1fb165358956acff8110 100644
--- a/arraycontext/fake_numpy.py
+++ b/arraycontext/fake_numpy.py
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@ class BaseFakeNumpyLinalgNamespace:
         else:
             raise NotImplementedError(f"unsupported value of 'ord': {ord}")
 
-
 # }}}
 
 
diff --git a/arraycontext/impl/pytato.py b/arraycontext/impl/pytato.py
index 8663b7c60d462678fcf1cb1afe34f72132021dcc..fbb6851575208f975b42ec6b8d54d29662a3eaf4 100644
--- a/arraycontext/impl/pytato.py
+++ b/arraycontext/impl/pytato.py
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ class _PytatoFakeNumpyNamespace(BaseFakeNumpyNamespace):
     """
     A :mod:`numpy` mimic for :class:`PytatoArrayContext`.
 
-
     .. note::
 
         :mod:`pytato` does not define any memory layout. If the caller invokes