diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/list.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/list.rb
index 1586ca6810..c40246a811 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/list.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/list.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ module Homebrew extend self
     end
   end
 
-private
+  private
 
   def list_unbrewed
     dirs = HOMEBREW_PREFIX.children.select{ |pn| pn.directory? }.map{ |pn| pn.basename.to_s }
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dependency_collector.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dependency_collector.rb
index cfbb066954..0c423cd09f 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dependency_collector.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dependency_collector.rb
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class DependencyCollector
     parse_spec(spec, tag)
   end
 
-private
+  private
 
   def parse_spec spec, tag
     case spec
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
index f693945a14..0a09045623 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ class CurlDownloadStrategy < AbstractDownloadStrategy
     end
   end
 
-private
+  private
+
   def chdir
     entries=Dir['*']
     case entries.length
@@ -493,7 +494,8 @@ class CVSDownloadStrategy < AbstractDownloadStrategy
     end
   end
 
-private
+  private
+
   def split_url(in_url)
     parts=in_url.sub(%r[^cvs://], '').split(/:/)
     mod=parts.pop
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
index 16fbbce508..c994202e3e 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ class Formula
 
   end
 
-protected
+  protected
 
   # Pretty titles the command and buffers stdout/stderr
   # Throws if there's an error
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ protected
     end if removed_ENV_variables
   end
 
-public
+  public
 
   # For brew-fetch and others.
   def fetch
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ public
     not self.class.instance_variable_get(:@test_defined).nil?
   end
 
-private
+  private
 
   def stage
     fetched, downloader = fetch
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ private
       @test = block
     end
 
-  private
+    private
 
     def post_depends_on(dep)
       # Generate with- or without- options for optional and recommended
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/keg.rb b/Library/Homebrew/keg.rb
index eef9e1e0d7..acdd564ba6 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/keg.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/keg.rb
@@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ class Keg < Pathname
     from.make_relative_symlink(self)
   end
 
-protected
+  protected
+
   def resolve_any_conflicts dst
     # if it isn't a directory then a severe conflict is about to happen. Let
     # it, and the exception that is generated will message to the user about
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/metafiles.rb b/Library/Homebrew/metafiles.rb
index 06da9fdb3f..e01ca2f151 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/metafiles.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/metafiles.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class Metafiles
     not include? file
   end
 
-private
+  private
 
   def include? p
     p = p.to_s # Might be a pathname
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/patches.rb b/Library/Homebrew/patches.rb
index 4dbc3c1cd3..ccae94facc 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/patches.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/patches.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class Patches
     external_patches.each{|p| p.stage!}
   end
 
-private
+  private
 
   def external_patches
      @patches.select{|p| p.external?}
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class Patch
     [@url, '-o', @patch_filename]
   end
 
-private
+  private
 
   # Detect compression type from the downloaded patch.
   def detect_compression!