diff --git a/piker/ui/_app.py b/piker/ui/_app.py
index 78db608c..998815ba 100644
--- a/piker/ui/_app.py
+++ b/piker/ui/_app.py
@@ -170,10 +170,11 @@ def _main(
     piker_loglevel: str,
     tractor_kwargs,
 ) -> None:
-    """Sync entry point to start a chart app.
+    '''
+    Sync entry point to start a chart: a ``tractor`` + Qt runtime
+    entry point
 
-    """
-    # ``tractor`` + Qt runtime entry point
+    '''
     run_qtractor(
         func=_async_main,
         args=(sym, brokernames, piker_loglevel),
diff --git a/piker/ui/_display.py b/piker/ui/_display.py
index 3e057ddd..85e7ac60 100644
--- a/piker/ui/_display.py
+++ b/piker/ui/_display.py
@@ -1014,7 +1014,8 @@ async def display_symbol_data(
     order_mode_started: trio.Event,
 
 ) -> None:
-    '''Spawn a real-time updated chart for ``symbol``.
+    '''
+    Spawn a real-time updated chart for ``symbol``.
 
     Spawned ``LinkedSplits`` chart widgets can remain up but hidden so
     that multiple symbols can be viewed and switched between extremely