diff --git a/gluon/contrib/websocket_messaging.py b/gluon/contrib/websocket_messaging.py
index ddeb1d15..c7f5d03f 100644
--- a/gluon/contrib/websocket_messaging.py
+++ b/gluon/contrib/websocket_messaging.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+# -*- coding: utf8 -*-
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+
 """
 This file is part of the web2py Web Framework
 Copyrighted by Massimo Di Pierro <mdip...@cs.depaul.edu>
@@ -17,13 +19,13 @@ Attention: Requires Chrome or Safari. For IE of Firefox you need https://github.
 3) from any web2py app you can post messages with
 
    from gluon.contrib.websocket_messaging import websocket_send
-   websocket_send('http://127.0.0.1:8888','Hello World','mykey','mygroup')
+   websocket_send('http://127.0.0.1:8888', 'Hello World', 'mykey', 'mygroup')
 
 4) from any template you can receive them with
 
    <script>
    $(document).ready(function(){
-      if(!$.web2py.web2py_websocket('ws://127.0.0.1:8888/realtime/mygroup',function(e){alert(e.data)}))
+      if(!$.web2py.web2py_websocket('ws://127.0.0.1:8888/realtime/mygroup', function(e){alert(e.data)}))
 
          alert("html5 websocket not supported by your browser, try Google Chrome");
    });
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ Or if you want to send json messages and store evaluated json in a var called da
    <script>
    $(document).ready(function(){
       var data;
-      $.web2py.web2py_websocket('ws://127.0.0.1:8888/realtime/mygroup',function(e){data=eval('('+e.data+')')});
+      $.web2py.web2py_websocket('ws://127.0.0.1:8888/realtime/mygroup', function(e){data=eval('('+e.data+')')});
    });
    </script>
 
@@ -49,11 +51,11 @@ Or if you want to send json messages and store evaluated json in a var called da
 Here is a complete sample web2py action:
 
     def index():
-        form=LOAD('default','ajax_form',ajax=True)
+        form=LOAD('default', 'ajax_form', ajax=True)
         script=SCRIPT('''
             jQuery(document).ready(function(){
               var callback=function(e){alert(e.data)};
-              if(!$.web2py.web2py_websocket('ws://127.0.0.1:8888/realtime/mygroup',callback))
+              if(!$.web2py.web2py_websocket('ws://127.0.0.1:8888/realtime/mygroup', callback))
 
                 alert("html5 websocket not supported by your browser, try Google Chrome");
             });
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@ Here is a complete sample web2py action:
         if form.accepts(request,session):
             from gluon.contrib.websocket_messaging import websocket_send
             websocket_send(
-                'http://127.0.0.1:8888',form.vars.message,'mykey','mygroup')
+                'http://127.0.0.1:8888', form.vars.message, 'mykey', 'mygroup')
         return form
 
 Acknowledgements: