diff --git a/Framework/API/src/MatrixWorkspace.cpp b/Framework/API/src/MatrixWorkspace.cpp
index 053fde6811ccb6bc6ca7c958729fa6ec6aebb322..0d523b4a07c898f67bd9781d66df6e293fb683fe 100644
--- a/Framework/API/src/MatrixWorkspace.cpp
+++ b/Framework/API/src/MatrixWorkspace.cpp
@@ -1135,11 +1135,11 @@ MatrixWorkspace::maskedBins(const size_t &workspaceIndex) const {
 */
 void MatrixWorkspace::setMonitorWorkspace(
     const boost::shared_ptr<MatrixWorkspace> &monitorWS) {
-    if (monitorWS.get() == this) {
-      throw std::runtime_error(
-          "To avoid memory leak, monitor workspace"
-          " can not be the same workspace as the host workspace");
-    }
+  if (monitorWS.get() == this) {
+    throw std::runtime_error(
+        "To avoid memory leak, monitor workspace"
+        " can not be the same workspace as the host workspace");
+  }
   m_monitorWorkspace = monitorWS;
 }
 
diff --git a/Framework/PythonInterface/mantid/api/src/Exports/MatrixWorkspace.cpp b/Framework/PythonInterface/mantid/api/src/Exports/MatrixWorkspace.cpp
index 288d897dd37f463fc7ae02aae887df9a12aa31dc..2f6cdb9bddca741008f2c17cede38cb09f0985dd 100644
--- a/Framework/PythonInterface/mantid/api/src/Exports/MatrixWorkspace.cpp
+++ b/Framework/PythonInterface/mantid/api/src/Exports/MatrixWorkspace.cpp
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ void setMonitorWorkspace(MatrixWorkspace &self,
 }
 /**
 * @param self  :: A reference to the calling object
-* 
+*
 *@return weak pointer to monitor workspace used by python
 */
 boost::weak_ptr<Workspace> getMonitorWorkspace(MatrixWorkspace &self) {
@@ -351,8 +351,7 @@ void export_MatrixWorkspace() {
            "Performs a comparison operation on two workspaces, using the "
            "CheckWorkspacesMatch algorithm")
       //---------   monitor workspace --------------------------------------
-      .def("getMonitorWorkspace", &getMonitorWorkspace,
-           args("self"),
+      .def("getMonitorWorkspace", &getMonitorWorkspace, args("self"),
            "Return internal monitor workspace bound to current workspace.")
       .def("setMonitorWorkspace", &setMonitorWorkspace,
            args("self", "MonitorWS"),