diff --git a/fdroidserver/tail.py b/fdroidserver/tail.py
index 9cec5bf9..d6e09691 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/tail.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/tail.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class Tail(object):
     """Represents a tail command."""
 
     def __init__(self, tailed_file):
-        """Initiate a Tail instance.
+        """Initialize a Tail instance.
 
         Check for file validity, assigns callback function to standard out.
 
diff --git a/fdroidserver/update.py b/fdroidserver/update.py
index b69c868e..19e53c1c 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/update.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/update.py
@@ -1374,7 +1374,6 @@ def scan_apk(apk_file, require_signature=True):
 
     Parameters
     ----------
-
     apk_file
       The (ideally absolute) path to the APK file
     require_signature