diff --git a/rest_framework/__init__.py b/rest_framework/__init__.py
index 80e2c4107..411e69a25 100644
--- a/rest_framework/__init__.py
+++ b/rest_framework/__init__.py
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ __version__ = '2.1.17'
 
 VERSION = __version__  # synonym
 
+
 # Header encoding (see RFC5987)
 HTTP_HEADER_ENCODING = 'iso-8859-1'