diff --git a/examples/xml_py/vl_file_copy b/examples/xml_py/vl_file_copy
index 2749f3442..d3f46629d 100755
--- a/examples/xml_py/vl_file_copy
+++ b/examples/xml_py/vl_file_copy
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ from pprint import pprint, pformat
 
 class VlFileCopy:
     def __init__(
-            self,
-            verilator_args,  # presently all verilator options are passed-thru
-            # ideally this script would check against options mentioned in help
+        self,
+        verilator_args,  # presently all verilator options are passed-thru
+        # ideally this script would check against options mentioned in help
         debug=0,
-            output_dir='copied'):  # directory name we output file uses
+        output_dir='copied'):  # directory name we output file uses
         self.debug = debug
 
         xml_temp = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
diff --git a/examples/xml_py/vl_hier_graph b/examples/xml_py/vl_hier_graph
index eaa2d2e28..af9f83023 100755
--- a/examples/xml_py/vl_hier_graph
+++ b/examples/xml_py/vl_hier_graph
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ from pprint import pprint, pformat
 
 class VlHierGraph:
     def __init__(
-            self,
-            verilator_args,  # presently all verilator options are passed-thru
-            # ideally this script would check against options mentioned in help
+        self,
+        verilator_args,  # presently all verilator options are passed-thru
+        # ideally this script would check against options mentioned in help
         debug=0,
-            output_filename='graph.dot'):  # output filename
+        output_filename='graph.dot'):  # output filename
         self.debug = debug
         self.next_vertex_number = 0
         self.name_to_number = {}