diff --git a/core/github_api.py b/core/github_api.py
index 6e44f9f3..b6fb0856 100644
--- a/core/github_api.py
+++ b/core/github_api.py
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ import requests
 
 
 class GitHub(object):
-    """
-    Simple api wrapper for the Github API v3.
-    """
+    """Simple api wrapper for the Github API v3."""
 
     def __init__(self, github_repo_user, github_repo, branch='master'):
 
@@ -15,9 +13,7 @@ class GitHub(object):
         self.branch = branch
 
     def _access_api(self, path, params=None):
-        """
-        Access the API at the path given and with the optional params given.
-        """
+        """Access API at given an API path and optional parameters."""
         url = 'https://api.github.com/{path}'.format(path='/'.join(path))
         data = requests.get(url, params=params, verify=False)
         return data.json() if data.ok else []
diff --git a/core/logger.py b/core/logger.py
index f7fbf9c4..701881cf 100644
--- a/core/logger.py
+++ b/core/logger.py
@@ -111,9 +111,7 @@ class NTMRotatingLogHandler(object):
             self.close_log(old_handler)
 
     def _config_handler(self):
-        """
-        Configure a file handler to log at file_name and return it.
-        """
+        """Configure a file handler to log at file_name and return it."""
 
         file_handler = logging.FileHandler(self.log_file_path, encoding='utf-8')
 
diff --git a/core/version_check.py b/core/version_check.py
index d865b9f3..b39a8b08 100644
--- a/core/version_check.py
+++ b/core/version_check.py
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@ from core import github_api as github, logger
 
 
 class CheckVersion(object):
-    """
-    Version check class meant to run as a thread object with the SB scheduler.
-    """
+    """Version checker that runs in a thread with the SB scheduler."""
 
     def __init__(self):
         self.install_type = self.find_install_type()
@@ -435,9 +433,7 @@ class SourceUpdateManager(UpdateManager):
             return
 
     def update(self):
-        """
-        Downloads the latest source tarball from github and installs it over the existing version.
-        """
+        """Download and install latest source tarball from github."""
         tar_download_url = 'https://github.com/{org}/{repo}/tarball/{branch}'.format(
             org=self.github_repo_user, repo=self.github_repo, branch=self.branch)
         version_path = os.path.join(core.APP_ROOT, u'version.txt')