diff --git a/awx/api/generics.py b/awx/api/generics.py
index 652e5e0588..0c593925c0 100644
--- a/awx/api/generics.py
+++ b/awx/api/generics.py
@@ -480,12 +480,12 @@ class SubListCreateAttachDetachAPIView(SubListCreateAPIView):
             return self.attach(request, *args, **kwargs)
 
 
-'''
-Models for which you want the last instance to be deleted from the database
-when the last disassociate is called should inherit from this class. Further, 
-the model should implement is_detached()
-'''
 class DeleteLastUnattachLabelMixin(object):
+    '''
+    Models for which you want the last instance to be deleted from the database
+    when the last disassociate is called should inherit from this class. Further,
+    the model should implement is_detached()
+    '''
     def unattach(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         (sub_id, res) = super(DeleteLastUnattachLabelMixin, self).unattach_validate(request)
         if res:
diff --git a/awx/api/serializers.py b/awx/api/serializers.py
index 434feb6d0c..2148ed5ac2 100644
--- a/awx/api/serializers.py
+++ b/awx/api/serializers.py
@@ -1295,6 +1295,7 @@ class GroupVariableDataSerializer(BaseVariableDataSerializer):
     class Meta:
         model = Group
 
+
 class CustomInventoryScriptSerializer(BaseSerializer):
 
     script = serializers.CharField(trim_whitespace=False)
diff --git a/awx/api/utils/decorators.py b/awx/api/utils/decorators.py
index 223125597c..8a80b1457e 100644
--- a/awx/api/utils/decorators.py
+++ b/awx/api/utils/decorators.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
 from rest_framework import status
 
+
 def paginated(method):
     """Given an method with a Django REST Framework API method signature
     (e.g. `def get(self, request, ...):`), abstract out boilerplate pagination
diff --git a/awx/api/views.py b/awx/api/views.py
index 44d8f8b419..213581b253 100644
--- a/awx/api/views.py
+++ b/awx/api/views.py
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ def api_exception_handler(exc, context):
         exc = ParseError(exc.args[0])
     return exception_handler(exc, context)
 
+
 class ApiRootView(APIView):
 
     authentication_classes = []
@@ -1816,19 +1817,19 @@ class GroupList(ListCreateAPIView):
     capabilities_prefetch = ['inventory.admin', 'inventory.adhoc', 'inventory.update']
 
 
-'''
-Useful when you have a self-refering ManyToManyRelationship.
-* Tower uses a shallow (2-deep only) url pattern. For example:
-
-When an object hangs off of a parent object you would have the url of the
-form /api/v1/parent_model/34/child_model. If you then wanted a child of the
-child model you would NOT do /api/v1/parent_model/34/child_model/87/child_child_model
-Instead, you would access the child_child_model via /api/v1/child_child_model/87/
-and you would create child_child_model's off of /api/v1/child_model/87/child_child_model_set
-Now, when creating child_child_model related to child_model you still want to
-link child_child_model to parent_model. That's what this class is for
-'''
 class EnforceParentRelationshipMixin(object):
+    '''
+    Useful when you have a self-refering ManyToManyRelationship.
+    * Tower uses a shallow (2-deep only) url pattern. For example:
+
+    When an object hangs off of a parent object you would have the url of the
+    form /api/v1/parent_model/34/child_model. If you then wanted a child of the
+    child model you would NOT do /api/v1/parent_model/34/child_model/87/child_child_model
+    Instead, you would access the child_child_model via /api/v1/child_child_model/87/
+    and you would create child_child_model's off of /api/v1/child_model/87/child_child_model_set
+    Now, when creating child_child_model related to child_model you still want to
+    link child_child_model to parent_model. That's what this class is for
+    '''
     enforce_parent_relationship = ''
 
     def update_raw_data(self, data):
@@ -2849,12 +2850,15 @@ class WorkflowJobTemplateNodeChildrenBaseList(EnforceParentRelationshipMixin, Su
 class WorkflowJobTemplateNodeSuccessNodesList(WorkflowJobTemplateNodeChildrenBaseList):
     relationship = 'success_nodes'
 
+
 class WorkflowJobTemplateNodeFailureNodesList(WorkflowJobTemplateNodeChildrenBaseList):
     relationship = 'failure_nodes'
 
+
 class WorkflowJobTemplateNodeAlwaysNodesList(WorkflowJobTemplateNodeChildrenBaseList):
     relationship = 'always_nodes'
 
+
 class WorkflowJobNodeChildrenBaseList(SubListAPIView):
 
     model = WorkflowJobNode
@@ -2876,9 +2880,11 @@ class WorkflowJobNodeChildrenBaseList(SubListAPIView):
 class WorkflowJobNodeSuccessNodesList(WorkflowJobNodeChildrenBaseList):
     relationship = 'success_nodes'
 
+
 class WorkflowJobNodeFailureNodesList(WorkflowJobNodeChildrenBaseList):
     relationship = 'failure_nodes'
 
+
 class WorkflowJobNodeAlwaysNodesList(WorkflowJobNodeChildrenBaseList):
     relationship = 'always_nodes'
 
@@ -3190,6 +3196,7 @@ class JobLabelList(SubListAPIView):
 class WorkflowJobLabelList(JobLabelList):
     parent_model = WorkflowJob
 
+
 class JobActivityStreamList(SubListAPIView):
 
     model = ActivityStream
diff --git a/awx/main/signals.py b/awx/main/signals.py
index f7df3d3935..7f3f8aee66 100644
--- a/awx/main/signals.py
+++ b/awx/main/signals.py
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ class ActivityStreamEnabled(threading.local):
 
 activity_stream_enabled = ActivityStreamEnabled()
 
+
 @contextlib.contextmanager
 def disable_activity_stream():
     '''
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_adhoc.py b/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_adhoc.py
index d2ab578a22..02e30afb12 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_adhoc.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_adhoc.py
@@ -140,14 +140,17 @@ def test_get_inventory_ad_hoc_command_list(admin, alice, post_adhoc, get, invent
 def test_bad_data1(admin, post_adhoc):
     post_adhoc(reverse('api:ad_hoc_command_list'), {'module_name': 'command', 'module_args': None}, admin, expect=400)
 
+
 @pytest.mark.django_db
 def test_bad_data2(admin, post_adhoc):
     post_adhoc(reverse('api:ad_hoc_command_list'), {'job_type': 'baddata'}, admin, expect=400)
 
+
 @pytest.mark.django_db
 def test_bad_data3(admin, post_adhoc):
     post_adhoc(reverse('api:ad_hoc_command_list'), {'verbosity': -1}, admin, expect=400)
 
+
 @pytest.mark.django_db
 def test_bad_data4(admin, post_adhoc):
     post_adhoc(reverse('api:ad_hoc_command_list'), {'forks': -1}, admin, expect=400)
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_settings.py b/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_settings.py
index 7f57eb4fa0..5125f1b13f 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_settings.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_settings.py
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from awx.conf.models import Setting
 
 
-'''
-Ensures that tests don't pick up dev container license file
-'''
 @pytest.fixture
 def mock_no_license_file(mocker):
+    '''
+    Ensures that tests don't pick up dev container license file
+    '''
     os.environ['AWX_LICENSE_FILE'] = '/does_not_exist'
     return None
 
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/functional/commands/test_cleanup_facts.py b/awx/main/tests/functional/commands/test_cleanup_facts.py
index 99849084bd..f240cc98fb 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/functional/commands/test_cleanup_facts.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/functional/commands/test_cleanup_facts.py
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ def test_cleanup_granularity(fact_scans, hosts):
     assert 60 == deleted_count
 
 
-'''
-Delete half of the scans
-'''
 @pytest.mark.django_db
 def test_cleanup_older_than(fact_scans, hosts):
+    '''
+    Delete half of the scans
+    '''
     epoch = timezone.now()
     hosts(5)
     fact_scans(28, timestamp_epoch=epoch)
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ def test_cleanup_older_than_granularity_module(fact_scans, hosts):
     assert 20 == deleted_count
 
 
-'''
-Reduce the granularity of half of the facts scans, by half.
-'''
 @pytest.mark.django_db
 def test_cleanup_logic(fact_scans, hosts):
+    '''
+    Reduce the granularity of half of the facts scans, by half.
+    '''
     epoch = timezone.now()
     hosts = hosts(5)
     fact_scans(60, timestamp_epoch=epoch)
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/functional/commands/test_run_fact_cache_receiver.py b/awx/main/tests/functional/commands/test_run_fact_cache_receiver.py
index 2e9ceb3b9e..2042d9e426 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/functional/commands/test_run_fact_cache_receiver.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/functional/commands/test_run_fact_cache_receiver.py
@@ -62,15 +62,15 @@ def test_process_fact_message_services(fact_msg_services):
     check_process_fact_message_module(fact_returned, fact_msg_services, 'services')
 
 
-'''
-We pickypack our fact sending onto the Ansible fact interface.
-The interface is <hostname, facts>. Where facts is a json blob of all the facts.
-This makes it hard to decipher what facts are new/changed.
-Because of this, we handle the same fact module data being sent multiple times
-and just keep the newest version.
-'''
 @pytest.mark.django_db
 def test_process_facts_message_ansible_overwrite(fact_scans, fact_msg_ansible):
+    '''
+    We pickypack our fact sending onto the Ansible fact interface.
+    The interface is <hostname, facts>. Where facts is a json blob of all the facts.
+    This makes it hard to decipher what facts are new/changed.
+    Because of this, we handle the same fact module data being sent multiple times
+    and just keep the newest version.
+    '''
     #epoch = timezone.now()
     epoch = datetime.fromtimestamp(fact_msg_ansible['date_key'])
     fact_scans(fact_scans=1, timestamp_epoch=epoch)
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/functional/conftest.py b/awx/main/tests/functional/conftest.py
index f272f3f88e..291c80b733 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/functional/conftest.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/functional/conftest.py
@@ -44,23 +44,23 @@ from awx.main.models.notifications import (
 )
 
 
-'''
-Disable all django model signals.
-'''
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session", autouse=False)
 def disable_signals():
+    '''
+    Disable all django model signals.
+    '''
     mocked = mock.patch('django.dispatch.Signal.send', autospec=True)
     mocked.start()
 
 
-'''
-FIXME: Not sure how "far" just setting the BROKER_URL will get us.
-We may need to incluence CELERY's configuration like we do in the old unit tests (see base.py)
-
-Allows django signal code to execute without the need for redis
-'''
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session", autouse=True)
 def celery_memory_broker():
+    '''
+    FIXME: Not sure how "far" just setting the BROKER_URL will get us.
+    We may need to incluence CELERY's configuration like we do in the old unit tests (see base.py)
+
+    Allows django signal code to execute without the need for redis
+    '''
     settings.BROKER_URL='memory://localhost/'
 
 
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/functional/models/fact/test_get_host_fact.py b/awx/main/tests/functional/models/fact/test_get_host_fact.py
index 89234e3337..dc97592ab0 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/functional/models/fact/test_get_host_fact.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/functional/models/fact/test_get_host_fact.py
@@ -22,18 +22,18 @@ def test_newest_scan_exact(hosts, fact_scans):
     assert fact_found == fact_known
 
 
-'''
-Show me the most recent state of the sytem at any point of time.
-or, said differently
-For any timestamp, get the first scan that is <= the timestamp.
-'''
-
-'''
-Ensure most recent scan run is the scan returned.
-Query by future date.
-'''
 @pytest.mark.django_db
 def test_newest_scan_less_than(hosts, fact_scans):
+    '''
+    Show me the most recent state of the sytem at any point of time.
+    or, said differently
+    For any timestamp, get the first scan that is <= the timestamp.
+    '''
+
+    '''
+    Ensure most recent scan run is the scan returned.
+    Query by future date.
+    '''
     epoch = timezone.now()
     timestamp_future = epoch + timedelta(days=10)
     hosts = hosts(host_count=2)
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ def test_newest_scan_less_than(hosts, fact_scans):
     assert fact_found == fact_known
 
 
-'''
-Tests query Fact that is in the middle of the fact scan timeline, but not an exact timestamp.
-'''
 @pytest.mark.django_db
 def test_query_middle_of_timeline(hosts, fact_scans):
+    '''
+    Tests query Fact that is in the middle of the fact scan timeline, but not an exact timestamp.
+    '''
     epoch = timezone.now()
     timestamp_middle = epoch + timedelta(days=1, hours=3)
     hosts = hosts(host_count=2)
@@ -73,11 +73,11 @@ def test_query_middle_of_timeline(hosts, fact_scans):
     assert fact_found == fact_known
 
 
-'''
-Query time less than any fact scan. Should return None
-'''
 @pytest.mark.django_db
 def test_query_result_empty(hosts, fact_scans):
+    '''
+    Query time less than any fact scan. Should return None
+    '''
     epoch = timezone.now()
     timestamp_less = epoch - timedelta(days=1)
     hosts = hosts(host_count=2)
@@ -88,11 +88,11 @@ def test_query_result_empty(hosts, fact_scans):
     assert fact_found is None
 
 
-'''
-Query by fact module other than 'ansible'
-'''
 @pytest.mark.django_db
 def test_by_module(hosts, fact_scans):
+    '''
+    Query by fact module other than 'ansible'
+    '''
     epoch = timezone.now()
     hosts = hosts(host_count=2)
     facts = fact_scans(fact_scans=3, timestamp_epoch=epoch)
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/functional/test_rbac_api.py b/awx/main/tests/functional/test_rbac_api.py
index 8e8a24fc3c..ef303b8b1d 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/functional/test_rbac_api.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/functional/test_rbac_api.py
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ def test_cant_delete_role(delete, admin):
     assert response.status_code == 405
 
 
-
 #
 # /user/<id>/roles
 #
@@ -260,6 +259,7 @@ def test_get_role(get, admin, role):
     assert response.status_code == 200
     assert response.data['id'] == role.id
 
+
 @pytest.mark.django_db
 def test_put_role_405(put, admin, role):
     url = reverse('api:role_detail', args=(role.id,))
@@ -434,7 +434,6 @@ def test_role_children(get, team, admin, role):
     assert response.data['results'][0]['id'] == role.id or response.data['results'][1]['id'] == role.id
 
 
-
 #
 # Generics
 #
@@ -458,6 +457,7 @@ def test_ensure_rbac_fields_are_present(organization, get, admin):
     role = org_role_response.data
     assert role['related']['organization'] == url
 
+
 @pytest.mark.django_db
 def test_ensure_role_summary_is_present(organization, get, user):
     url = reverse('api:organization_detail', args=(organization.id,))
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/functional/test_rbac_inventory.py b/awx/main/tests/functional/test_rbac_inventory.py
index f2d3a087ab..46f3adaae7 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/functional/test_rbac_inventory.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/functional/test_rbac_inventory.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from awx.main.access import (
 )
 from django.apps import apps
 
+
 @pytest.mark.django_db
 def test_custom_inv_script_access(organization, user):
     u = user('user', False)
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/old/commands/command_base.py b/awx/main/tests/old/commands/command_base.py
index 2f1d795d27..f5e762cbee 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/old/commands/command_base.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/old/commands/command_base.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from django.core.management import call_command
 from awx.main.models import * # noqa
 from awx.main.tests.base import BaseTestMixin
 
+
 class BaseCommandMixin(BaseTestMixin):
     def create_test_inventories(self):
         self.setup_users()
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/old/users.py b/awx/main/tests/old/users.py
index 26ec3c3676..154441d6fa 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/old/users.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/old/users.py
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ class AuthTokenLimitTest(BaseTest):
         self.assertEqual(AuthToken.reason_long('limit_reached'), response['detail'])
 
 
-'''
-Ensure ips from the X-Forwarded-For get honored and used in auth tokens
-'''
 class AuthTokenProxyTest(BaseTest):
+    '''
+    Ensure ips from the X-Forwarded-For get honored and used in auth tokens
+    '''
     def check_token_and_expires_exist(self, response):
         self.assertTrue('token' in response)
         self.assertTrue('expires' in response)
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/unit/api/serializers/test_job_serializers.py b/awx/main/tests/unit/api/serializers/test_job_serializers.py
index 4997e3674b..fb212b7f18 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/unit/api/serializers/test_job_serializers.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/unit/api/serializers/test_job_serializers.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from awx.main.models import (
 def mock_JT_resource_data():
     return ({}, [])
 
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def job_template(mocker):
     mock_jt = mocker.MagicMock(pk=5)
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/unit/models/test_workflow_unit.py b/awx/main/tests/unit/models/test_workflow_unit.py
index e48b90385d..40c21f60dc 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/unit/models/test_workflow_unit.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/unit/models/test_workflow_unit.py
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ def workflow_job_unit():
 def workflow_job_template_unit():
     return WorkflowJobTemplate(name='workflow')
 
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def jt_ask(job_template_factory):
     # note: factory sets ask_xxxx_on_launch to true for inventory & credential
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ example_prompts = dict(job_type='check', job_tags='quack', limit='duck', skip_ta
 def job_node_no_prompts(workflow_job_unit, jt_ask):
     return WorkflowJobNode(workflow_job=workflow_job_unit, unified_job_template=jt_ask)
 
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def job_node_with_prompts(job_node_no_prompts):
     job_node_no_prompts.char_prompts = example_prompts
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/unit/scheduler/conftest.py b/awx/main/tests/unit/scheduler/conftest.py
index 56473323aa..f04ba12a0b 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/unit/scheduler/conftest.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/unit/scheduler/conftest.py
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ def inventory_update_latest_factory(epoch):
 def inventory_update_latest(inventory_update_latest_factory):
     return inventory_update_latest_factory()
 
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def successful_inventory_update_latest(inventory_update_latest_factory):
     iu = inventory_update_latest_factory()
@@ -203,11 +204,11 @@ def successful_inventory_update(epoch, inventory_update_factory):
     return inventory_update
 
 
-'''
-Job
-'''
 @pytest.fixture
 def job_factory(epoch):
+    '''
+    Job
+    '''
     def fn(id=1, project__scm_update_on_launch=True, inventory__inventory_sources=[], allow_simultaneous=False):
         return JobDict({ 
             'id': id,
@@ -240,11 +241,11 @@ def running_job(job_factory):
     return job
 
 
-'''
-Inventory id -> [InventorySourceDict, ...]
-'''
 @pytest.fixture
 def inventory_source_factory():
+    '''
+    Inventory id -> [InventorySourceDict, ...]
+    '''
     def fn(id=1):
         return InventorySourceDict({
             'id': id,
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/unit/scheduler/test_dag.py b/awx/main/tests/unit/scheduler/test_dag.py
index e32dffe28f..54e7de4fa8 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/unit/scheduler/test_dag.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/unit/scheduler/test_dag.py
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ def workflow_dag_always(factory_node):
 def workflow_dag(request):
     return request.getfuncargvalue(request.param)
 
+
 class TestWorkflowDAG():
     def test_bfs_nodes_to_run(self, workflow_dag):
         dag, expected, is_done = workflow_dag
diff --git a/awx/main/utils.py b/awx/main/utils.py
index bacde40198..2595017070 100644
--- a/awx/main/utils.py
+++ b/awx/main/utils.py
@@ -498,6 +498,7 @@ def cache_list_capabilities(page, prefetch_list, model, user):
             if obj.pk in ids_with_role:
                 obj.capabilities_cache[display_method] = True
 
+
 def parse_yaml_or_json(vars_str):
     '''
     Attempt to parse a string with variables, and if attempt fails,