diff --git a/scripts/tests/test_validate_format.py b/scripts/tests/test_validate_format.py
index 7cf55604..68f31344 100644
--- a/scripts/tests/test_validate_format.py
+++ b/scripts/tests/test_validate_format.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class TestValidadeFormat(unittest.TestCase):
         line_num_thousand = 1000
 
         msg = 'This is a unit test'
+        msg2 ="this is unew message"
 
         err_msg_unity = error_message(line_num_unity, msg)
         err_msg_ten = error_message(line_num_ten, msg)
diff --git a/scripts/tests/test_validate_links.py b/scripts/tests/test_validate_links.py
index 64eae888..c6ab500e 100644
--- a/scripts/tests/test_validate_links.py
+++ b/scripts/tests/test_validate_links.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ class TestValidateLinks(unittest.TestCase):
             'https://www.example.com',
             'https://www.example.com',
             'https://www.anotherexample.com',
+            # added a comment
         ]
         self.no_duplicate_links = [
             'https://www.firstexample.com',