diff --git a/examples/config_component.py b/examples/config_component.py
index 1850b46..cbb8e62 100755
--- a/examples/config_component.py
+++ b/examples/config_component.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from sleekxmpp.xmlstream.stanzabase import ET, registerStanzaPlugin
 # by default. To ensure that Unicode is handled properly
 # throughout SleekXMPP, we will set the default encoding
 # ourselves to UTF-8.
-if sys.version_info < (3,0):
+if sys.version_info < (3, 0):
     reload(sys)
     sys.setdefaultencoding('utf8')
 
@@ -147,13 +147,13 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     optp = OptionParser()
 
     # Output verbosity options.
-    optp.add_option('-q','--quiet', help='set logging to ERROR',
+    optp.add_option('-q', '--quiet', help='set logging to ERROR',
                     action='store_const', dest='loglevel',
                     const=logging.ERROR, default=logging.INFO)
-    optp.add_option('-d','--debug', help='set logging to DEBUG',
+    optp.add_option('-d', '--debug', help='set logging to DEBUG',
                     action='store_const', dest='loglevel',
                     const=logging.DEBUG, default=logging.INFO)
-    optp.add_option('-v','--verbose', help='set logging to COMM',
+    optp.add_option('-v', '--verbose', help='set logging to COMM',
                     action='store_const', dest='loglevel',
                     const=5, default=logging.INFO)
 
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     config = Config(xml=ET.fromstring(config_data))
     config_file.close()
 
-    # Setup the ConfigComponent and register plugins. Note that while plugins may
-    # have interdependencies, the order in which you register them does
+    # Setup the ConfigComponent and register plugins. Note that while plugins
+    # may have interdependencies, the order in which you register them does
     # not matter.
     xmpp = ConfigComponent(config)
     xmpp.registerPlugin('xep_0030') # Service Discovery
diff --git a/examples/echo_client.py b/examples/echo_client.py
index e6266ec..99967d5 100755
--- a/examples/echo_client.py
+++ b/examples/echo_client.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import sleekxmpp
 # by default. To ensure that Unicode is handled properly
 # throughout SleekXMPP, we will set the default encoding
 # ourselves to UTF-8.
-if sys.version_info < (3,0):
+if sys.version_info < (3, 0):
     reload(sys)
     sys.setdefaultencoding('utf8')
 
@@ -83,13 +83,13 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     optp = OptionParser()
 
     # Output verbosity options.
-    optp.add_option('-q','--quiet', help='set logging to ERROR',
+    optp.add_option('-q', '--quiet', help='set logging to ERROR',
                     action='store_const', dest='loglevel',
                     const=logging.ERROR, default=logging.INFO)
-    optp.add_option('-d','--debug', help='set logging to DEBUG',
+    optp.add_option('-d', '--debug', help='set logging to DEBUG',
                     action='store_const', dest='loglevel',
                     const=logging.DEBUG, default=logging.INFO)
-    optp.add_option('-v','--verbose', help='set logging to COMM',
+    optp.add_option('-v', '--verbose', help='set logging to COMM',
                     action='store_const', dest='loglevel',
                     const=5, default=logging.INFO)