diff --git a/getting_started/00_overview.ipynb b/getting_started/00_overview.ipynb
index c97481e4d719b023b478e0a1adb3392b7257bf79..af3bb246c5a767ffc74bb993c088ffdbc41fdc7d 100644
--- a/getting_started/00_overview.ipynb
+++ b/getting_started/00_overview.ipynb
@@ -927,8 +927,8 @@
     "* `<mode>` is one of `'r'` (for read-only access), `'w'` (for writing a file,\n",
     "  this wipes out any existing content), `'a'` (for appending to an existing\n",
     "  file).\n",
-    "* `<file_object>` is a variable name which will be used within the `<block of\n",
-    "  code>` to access the opened file.\n",
+    "* `<file_object>` is a variable name which will be used within the\n",
+    "  `<block of code>` to access the opened file.\n",
     "\n",
     "\n",
     "For example the following will read all the text in `00_overview/file.txt` and\n",
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "def changelist(l):\n",
-    "   l[0] = 'mwahahaha!'\n",
+    "    l[0] = 'mwahahaha!'\n",
     "\n",
     "mylist = [1,2,3,4,5]\n",
     "\n",
diff --git a/getting_started/00_overview.md b/getting_started/00_overview.md
index dabb7cdfc36c35a2a7f727fd4b50b0368116c4ba..8cb418151d878dbf30919488151f71a928016305 100644
--- a/getting_started/00_overview.md
+++ b/getting_started/00_overview.md
@@ -663,8 +663,8 @@ The syntax to open a file in python is
 * `<mode>` is one of `'r'` (for read-only access), `'w'` (for writing a file,
   this wipes out any existing content), `'a'` (for appending to an existing
   file).
-* `<file_object>` is a variable name which will be used within the `<block of
-  code>` to access the opened file.
+* `<file_object>` is a variable name which will be used within the
+  `<block of code>` to access the opened file.
 
 
 For example the following will read all the text in `00_overview/file.txt` and
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ might change it!
 
 ```
 def changelist(l):
-   l[0] = 'mwahahaha!'
+    l[0] = 'mwahahaha!'
 
 mylist = [1,2,3,4,5]