diff --git a/docs/lint.py b/docs/lint.py
index 2358fec78e..bff7b5fe6a 100644
--- a/docs/lint.py
+++ b/docs/lint.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def check_line_too_long_django(file, lines, options=None):
                     continue
             except IndexError:
                 # End of file
-                continue
+                pass
             if len(set(line.strip())) == 1 and len(line) == len(lines[lno - 1]):
                 continue  # Ignore heading underline
             if lno in table_rows:
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.8.11.txt b/docs/releases/1.8.11.txt
index f33149b9e7..78849f70c5 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.8.11.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.8.11.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ Django 1.8.11 release notes
 *March 5, 2016*
 
 Django 1.8.11 fixes a regression on Python 2 in the 1.8.10 security release
-where ``utils.http.is_safe_url()`` crashes on bytestring URLs (:ticket:`26308`).
+where ``utils.http.is_safe_url()`` crashes on bytestring URLs
+(:ticket:`26308`).
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.9.4.txt b/docs/releases/1.9.4.txt
index 36e4ea329a..92749eb8aa 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.9.4.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.9.4.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ Django 1.9.4 release notes
 *March 5, 2016*
 
 Django 1.9.4 fixes a regression on Python 2 in the 1.9.3 security release
-where ``utils.http.is_safe_url()`` crashes on bytestring URLs (:ticket:`26308`).
+where ``utils.http.is_safe_url()`` crashes on bytestring URLs
+(:ticket:`26308`).