diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-BiocGenerics/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-BiocGenerics/package.py
index e2d9bb95941f816346d82ec0c164c310f7bd030e..2d92c1c4d889299cc8b1ea898495c6e1ec2e048d 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-BiocGenerics/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-BiocGenerics/package.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 class RBiocgenerics(Package):
     """S4 generic functions needed by many Bioconductor packages."""
+
     homepage = 'https://www.bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/BiocGenerics.html'
     url      = "https://www.bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/src/contrib/BiocGenerics_0.16.1.tar.gz"
 
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-abind/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-abind/package.py
index 54d399c432f72579a7a7249e6165a7f1334d410a..d06c7e9240aa8cf25e6e447da1bb5400a981ed07 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-abind/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-abind/package.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 from spack import *
 
 class RAbind(Package):
-    """Combine multidimensional arrays into a single array. This is a generalization of 'cbind' and 'rbind'. Works with vectors, matrices, and higher-dimensional arrays. Also provides functions 'adrop', 'asub', and 'afill' for manipulating, extracting and replacing data in arrays."""
+    """Combine multidimensional arrays into a single array. This is a
+    generalization of 'cbind' and 'rbind'. Works with vectors, matrices, and
+    higher-dimensional arrays. Also provides functions 'adrop', 'asub', and
+    'afill' for manipulating, extracting and replacing data in arrays."""
 
     homepage = "https://cran.r-project.org/"
     url      = "https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/abind_1.4-3.tar.gz"
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-filehash/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-filehash/package.py
index a3b688da10d7df96439455ca54059498d666b738..4911c636b4df73c21055bd85874c60b61c7025d9 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-filehash/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-filehash/package.py
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 from spack import *
 
 class RFilehash(Package):
-    """Implements a simple key-value style database where character string keys are associated with data values that are stored on the disk. A simple interface is provided for inserting, retrieving, and deleting data from the database. Utilities are provided that allow 'filehash' databases to be treated much like environments and lists are already used in R. These utilities are provided to encourage interactive and exploratory analysis on large datasets. Three different file formats for representing the database are currently available and new formats can easily be incorporated by third parties for use in the 'filehash' framework."""
+    """Implements a simple key-value style database where character string keys
+    are associated with data values that are stored on the disk. A simple
+    interface is provided for inserting, retrieving, and deleting data from the
+    database. Utilities are provided that allow 'filehash' databases to be
+    treated much like environments and lists are already used in R. These
+    utilities are provided to encourage interactive and exploratory analysis on
+    large datasets. Three different file formats for representing the database
+    are currently available and new formats can easily be incorporated by third
+    parties for use in the 'filehash' framework."""
 
     homepage = 'https://cran.r-project.org/'
     url      = "https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/filehash_2.3.tar.gz"
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-magic/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-magic/package.py
index 5f25b2a162529bb572a552df89b5d5602ea59ce1..e900cdb216e2414a895962f364b16f37dfc075ab 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-magic/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-magic/package.py
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 from spack import *
 
 class RMagic(Package):
-    """A collection of efficient, vectorized algorithms for the creation and investigation of magic squares and hypercubes, including a variety of functions for the manipulation and analysis of arbitrarily dimensioned arrays."""
+    """A collection of efficient, vectorized algorithms for the creation and
+    investigation of magic squares and hypercubes, including a variety of
+    functions for the manipulation and analysis of arbitrarily dimensioned
+    arrays."""
+
     homepage = "https://cran.r-project.org/"
     url      = "https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/magic_1.5-6.tar.gz"