diff --git a/tools/distrib/check_copyright.py b/tools/distrib/check_copyright.py
index 5d3029484f8..2698454505e 100755
--- a/tools/distrib/check_copyright.py
+++ b/tools/distrib/check_copyright.py
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ _EXEMPT = frozenset((
     'tools/grpcz/census.proto',
     # status.proto copied from googleapis
     'src/proto/grpc/status/status.proto',
+
     # Gradle wrappers used to build for Android
     'examples/android/helloworld/gradlew.bat',
     'src/android/test/interop/gradlew.bat',