diff --git a/examples/simple_example.c b/examples/simple_example.c
index 29de5629b5619c23453593e05b2e659172f19a3f..e982cce895aea4cdaaf73fbff1887d0ac783ebc6 100644
--- a/examples/simple_example.c
+++ b/examples/simple_example.c
@@ -9,40 +9,42 @@
 
 const char DBPath[] = "/tmp/rocksdb_simple_example";
 
-int main (int argc, char **argv) {
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 	rocksdb_t *db;
-	rocksdb_options_t *options = rocksdb_options_create ();
-	// Optimize RocksDB. This is the easiest way to get RocksDB to perform well
-	int cpus = sysconf (_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);	// get number of online cores
-	rocksdb_options_increase_parallelism (options, cpus);
-	rocksdb_options_optimize_level_style_compaction (options, 0);
+	rocksdb_options_t *options = rocksdb_options_create();
+	// Optimize RocksDB. This is the easiest way to
+	// get RocksDB to perform well
+	int cpus = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);	// get # of online cores
+	rocksdb_options_increase_parallelism(options, cpus);
+	rocksdb_options_optimize_level_style_compaction(options, 0);
 	// create the DB if it's not already present
-	rocksdb_options_set_create_if_missing (options, 1);
+	rocksdb_options_set_create_if_missing(options, 1);
 
 	// open DB
 	char *err = NULL;
-	db = rocksdb_open (options, DBPath, &err);
-	assert (!err);
+	db = rocksdb_open(options, DBPath, &err);
+	assert(!err);
 
 	// Put key-value
-	rocksdb_writeoptions_t *writeoptions = rocksdb_writeoptions_create ();
+	rocksdb_writeoptions_t *writeoptions = rocksdb_writeoptions_create();
 	const char key[] = "key";
 	char *value = "value";
-	rocksdb_put (db, writeoptions, key, strlen (key), value, strlen (value), &err);
-	assert (!err);
+	rocksdb_put(db, writeoptions, key, strlen (key), value,	\
+			strlen (value), &err);
+	assert(!err);
 	// Get value
-	rocksdb_readoptions_t *readoptions = rocksdb_readoptions_create ();
+	rocksdb_readoptions_t *readoptions = rocksdb_readoptions_create();
 	size_t len;
-	value = rocksdb_get (db, readoptions, key, strlen (key), &len, &err);
-	assert (!err);
-	assert (strcmp (value, "value") == 0);
-	free (value);
+	value = rocksdb_get(db, readoptions, key, strlen (key), &len, &err);
+	assert(!err);
+	assert(strcmp(value, "value") == 0);
+	free(value);
 
 	// cleanup
-	rocksdb_writeoptions_destroy (writeoptions);
-	rocksdb_readoptions_destroy (readoptions);
-	rocksdb_options_destroy (options);
-	rocksdb_close (db);
+	rocksdb_writeoptions_destroy(writeoptions);
+	rocksdb_readoptions_destroy(readoptions);
+	rocksdb_options_destroy(options);
+	rocksdb_close(db);
 
 	return 0;
 }