diff --git a/ci/check_line_lengths.sh b/ci/check_line_lengths.sh
index 5b7b12d3e..32bf739e4 100755
--- a/ci/check_line_lengths.sh
+++ b/ci/check_line_lengths.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ for file in "$@" ; do
       (( inside_block = !$inside_block ))
       continue
     fi
-    if ! (( $inside_block )) && ! [[ "$line" =~ " | "|"-|-"|"://"|"]:"|\[\^[^\ ]+\]: ]] && (( "${#line}" > $MAX_LINE_LENGTH )) ; then
+    if ! (( $inside_block )) \
+        && ! [[ "$line" =~ " | "|"-|-"|"://"|"]:"|\[\^[^\ ]+\]: ]] \
+        && (( "${#line}" > $MAX_LINE_LENGTH )) ; then
       (( bad_lines++ ))
       echo -e "\t$line_no : $line"
     fi