diff --git a/tools/Copyright/copyrightupdate.py b/tools/Copyright/copyrightupdate.py
index f6869878edcf80677eddc76bc0fd77235464d6d1..7233a60a94027675b9529450875c8573d4113613 100755
--- a/tools/Copyright/copyrightupdate.py
+++ b/tools/Copyright/copyrightupdate.py
@@ -253,8 +253,8 @@ if not args.noreport:
     #write out reporting files
     for reporting_filename, reporting_dict in reporting_dictionaries.items():
         with open(reporting_filename,"w") as reporting_file:
-                for key, value in reporting_dict.items():
-                    reporting_file.write("{0}\t{1}{2}".format(key,value,os.linesep))
+            for key, value in reporting_dict.items():
+                reporting_file.write("{0}\t{1}{2}".format(key,value,os.linesep))
 
 # Final comments
 print()