diff --git a/avocado/core/data_dir.py b/avocado/core/data_dir.py
index 0d75ff8dd09c184e1ea1829f98496f2bcd6fc962..b8452427505b94c6a5ffb0040bad1e4cf9110458 100755
--- a/avocado/core/data_dir.py
+++ b/avocado/core/data_dir.py
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ def get_job_logs_dir(args=None):
 
     :param args: :class:`argparse.Namespace` instance with cmdline arguments
                  (optional).
-    :rtype : basestring
+    :rtype: basestring
     """
     start_time = time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d-%H.%M.%S')
     if args is not None: