diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/create.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/create.py
index feed3b87723fba4ba688a05b72c7b527d92f6db6..f22fa14602d051321667fccabcef2da9759b0da8 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/create.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/create.py
@@ -145,10 +145,10 @@ class AutotoolsGuess(DefaultGuess):
 
     body = """\
     def configure_args(self):
-       # FIXME: Add arguments other than --prefix
-       # FIXME: If not needed delete the function
-       args = []
-       return args"""
+        # FIXME: Add arguments other than --prefix
+        # FIXME: If not needed delete the function
+        args = []
+        return args"""
 
 
 class CMakeGuess(DefaultGuess):
@@ -161,11 +161,11 @@ class CMakeGuess(DefaultGuess):
 
     body = """\
     def cmake_args(self):
-       # FIXME: Add arguments other than
-       # FIXME: CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX and CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE
-       # FIXME: If not needed delete the function
-       args = []
-       return args"""
+        # FIXME: Add arguments other than
+        # FIXME: CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX and CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE
+        # FIXME: If not needed delete the function
+        args = []
+        return args"""
 
 
 class SconsGuess(DefaultGuess):