diff --git a/skimage/measure/profile.py b/skimage/measure/profile.py
index e3891aec..473b4113 100644
--- a/skimage/measure/profile.py
+++ b/skimage/measure/profile.py
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ def profile_line(img, src, dst, linewidth=1,
     The destination point is included in the profile, in contrast to
     standard numpy indexing.
     For example: 
-    >>> profile_line(img, (1, 0), (1, 6)) # The final point is out of bounds
+    >>> profile_line(img, (1, 0), (1, 6))  # The final point is out of bounds
     array([ 1.,  1.,  1.,  2.,  2.,  2.,  0.])
-    >>> profile_line(img, (1, 0), (1, 5)) # This accesses the full first row
+    >>> profile_line(img, (1, 0), (1, 5))  # This accesses the full first row
     array([ 1.,  1.,  1.,  2.,  2.,  2.])
     """
     perp_lines = _line_profile_coordinates(src, dst, linewidth=linewidth)