diff --git a/pandas/core/groupby/generic.py b/pandas/core/groupby/generic.py
index f8b9ddce6000e..d5935fd65fd28 100644
--- a/pandas/core/groupby/generic.py
+++ b/pandas/core/groupby/generic.py
@@ -1181,7 +1181,9 @@ def value_counts(self, normalize=False, sort=True, ascending=False,
         return Series(out, index=mi, name=self._selection_name)
 
     def count(self):
-        """ Compute count of group, excluding missing values """
+        """
+        Compute count of group, excluding missing values
+        """
         ids, _, ngroups = self.grouper.group_info
         val = self.obj.get_values()
 
@@ -1479,7 +1481,9 @@ def _fill(self, direction, limit=None):
         return concat((self._wrap_transformed_output(output), res), axis=1)
 
     def count(self):
-        """ Compute count of group, excluding missing values """
+        """
+        Compute count of group, excluding missing values
+        """
         from pandas.core.dtypes.missing import _isna_ndarraylike as _isna
 
         data, _ = self._get_data_to_aggregate()
diff --git a/pandas/core/groupby/groupby.py b/pandas/core/groupby/groupby.py
index bd8a8852964e3..45113511319f5 100644
--- a/pandas/core/groupby/groupby.py
+++ b/pandas/core/groupby/groupby.py
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class providing the base-class of operations.
     {examples}
     """)
 
-_pipe_template = """\
+_pipe_template = """
 Apply a function `func` with arguments to this %(klass)s object and return
 the function's result.
 
@@ -557,7 +557,8 @@ def __getattr__(self, attr):
    B
 A
 a  2
-b  2""")
+b  2
+""")
     @Appender(_pipe_template)
     def pipe(self, func, *args, **kwargs):
         return com._pipe(self, func, *args, **kwargs)
@@ -1257,11 +1258,13 @@ def groupby_function(name, alias, npfunc,
                              numeric_only=True, _convert=False,
                              min_count=-1):
 
-            _local_template = "Compute %(f)s of group values"
+            _local_template = """
+            Compute %(f)s of group values
+            """
 
             @Substitution(name='groupby', f=name)
             @Appender(_common_see_also)
-            @Appender(_local_template)
+            @Appender(_local_template, join='\n')
             def f(self, **kwargs):
                 if 'numeric_only' not in kwargs:
                     kwargs['numeric_only'] = numeric_only