diff --git a/ome_zarr/axes.py b/ome_zarr/axes.py
index 68ba2351..1a2b0e90 100644
--- a/ome_zarr/axes.py
+++ b/ome_zarr/axes.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-"""Axes class for validating and transforming axes
-"""
+"""Axes class for validating and transforming axes"""
 
 from typing import Any, Union
 
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ def to_list(
 
     @staticmethod
     def _axes_to_dicts(
-        axes: Union[list[str], list[dict[str, str]]]
+        axes: Union[list[str], list[dict[str, str]]],
     ) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
         """Returns a list of axis dicts with name and type"""
         axes_dicts = []
diff --git a/ome_zarr/writer.py b/ome_zarr/writer.py
index db811b4c..dc8156ba 100644
--- a/ome_zarr/writer.py
+++ b/ome_zarr/writer.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-"""Image writer utility
-
-"""
+"""Image writer utility"""
 
 import logging
 import warnings