diff --git a/tests/lexer/test_list_lexing.py b/tests/lexer/test_list_lexing.py
index 2c27921..9cab25e 100644
--- a/tests/lexer/test_list_lexing.py
+++ b/tests/lexer/test_list_lexing.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from hy.lex.tokenize import tokenize
 
 
 def test_list_lex():
+    """test basic lexing of lists"""
     fn = tokenize("(fn [1 2 3 4])")[0]
     assert fn == [
         "fn", ["1", "2", "3", "4"]
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ def test_list_lex():
 
 
 def test_list_recurse():
+    """ test we can recurse lists """
     fn = tokenize("(fn [1 2 3 4 [5 6 7]])")[0]
     assert fn == [
         "fn", ["1", "2", "3", "4", ["5", "6", "7"]]
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@ def test_list_recurse():
 
 
 def test_double_rainbow():
+    """ DOUBLE LISTS """
     fn = tokenize("(fn [1 2 3 4] [5 6 7])")[0]
     assert fn == [
         "fn", ["1", "2", "3", "4"], ["5", "6", "7"]