diff --git a/pandas/io/stata.py b/pandas/io/stata.py
index f4e08b583f1cf..fd6ffe5c165ab 100644
--- a/pandas/io/stata.py
+++ b/pandas/io/stata.py
@@ -167,9 +167,9 @@
 --------
 
 Creating a dummy stata for this example
->>> df = pd.DataFrame({{'animal': ['falcon', 'parrot', 'falcon',
-...                              'parrot'],
-...                   'speed': [350, 18, 361, 15]}})  # doctest: +SKIP
+
+>>> df = pd.DataFrame({{'animal': ['falcon', 'parrot', 'falcon', 'parrot'],
+...                     'speed': [350, 18, 361, 15]}})  # doctest: +SKIP
 >>> df.to_stata('animals.dta')  # doctest: +SKIP
 
 Read a Stata dta file:
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@
 >>> df = pd.read_stata('animals.dta')  # doctest: +SKIP
 
 Read a Stata dta file in 10,000 line chunks:
+
 >>> values = np.random.randint(0, 10, size=(20_000, 1), dtype="uint8")  # doctest: +SKIP
 >>> df = pd.DataFrame(values, columns=["i"])  # doctest: +SKIP
 >>> df.to_stata('filename.dta')  # doctest: +SKIP