diff --git a/src/caosdb/common/administration.py b/src/caosdb/common/administration.py
index e5a817b7f830a80cc48441a15a5b05a047af7503..2852c5c040404337f6f670670f96105280887177 100644
--- a/src/caosdb/common/administration.py
+++ b/src/caosdb/common/administration.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ from caosdb.common.utils import xml2str
 
 
 def set_server_property(key, value):
-    """set_server_property
+    """set_server_property.
 
     Set a server property.
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def set_server_property(key, value):
 
 
 def get_server_properties():
-    """get_server_properties
+    """get_server_properties.
 
     Get all server properties as a dict.
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def get_server_properties():
 
 
 def get_server_property(key):
-    """get_server_property
+    """get_server_property.
 
     Get a server property.
 
diff --git a/src/caosdb/connection/connection.py b/src/caosdb/connection/connection.py
index 90e6f40199228cc037640af76f58ca4506ebb88b..2fa67c712ab7fa0940727e220e940542d3e8f4d5 100644
--- a/src/caosdb/connection/connection.py
+++ b/src/caosdb/connection/connection.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class _WrappedHTTPResponse(CaosDBHTTPResponse):
 
 
 class _DefaultCaosDBServerConnection(CaosDBServerConnection):
-    """_DefaultCaosDBServerConnection
+    """_DefaultCaosDBServerConnection.
 
     Methods
     -------
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class _DefaultCaosDBServerConnection(CaosDBServerConnection):
         self._base_path = None
 
     def request(self, method, path, headers=None, body=None, **kwargs):
-        """request
+        """request.
 
         Send a HTTP request to the server.
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class _DefaultCaosDBServerConnection(CaosDBServerConnection):
         return _WrappedHTTPResponse(self._http_con.getresponse())
 
     def configure(self, **config):
-        """configure
+        """configure.
 
         Configure the http connection.
 
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ _DEFAULT_CONF = {"password_method": "plain", "implementation":
 
 
 def _get_authenticator(**config):
-    """_get_authenticator
+    """_get_authenticator.
 
     Import and configure the password_method.
 
diff --git a/unittests/test_administraction.py b/unittests/test_administraction.py
index 56bedee2d25bb0f1523fd05bd6ce0cb8724ba921..dc05be2ac7c19ae066b9c8829677626796cea5fa 100644
--- a/unittests/test_administraction.py
+++ b/unittests/test_administraction.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ def test_get_server_property_success():
         lambda **kwargs: MockUpResponse(200, {}, properties))
     assert "TEST_VAL" == administration.get_server_property("TEST_PROP")
 
+
 def test_get_server_property_key_error():
     properties = "<Properties><TEST_PROP>TEST_VAL</TEST_PROP></Properties>"
     get_connection()._delegate_connection.resources.append(
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ def test_get_server_property_key_error():
     with raises(KeyError) as e:
         assert administration.get_server_property("BLA")
 
+
 def test_set_server_property():
     def check_form(**kwargs):
         assert kwargs["path"] == "_server_properties"