diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_dir_util.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_dir_util.py
index 7e84721f80d..6181ec6ef10 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_dir_util.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_dir_util.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class DirUtilTestCase(support.TempdirManager, unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(self._logs, wanted)
 
     @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform.startswith('win'),
-                        "This test is only appropriate for POSIX-like systems.")
+        "This test is only appropriate for POSIX-like systems.")
     def test_mkpath_with_custom_mode(self):
         # Get and set the current umask value for testing mode bits.
         umask = os.umask(0o002)