diff --git a/src/columns/ColTypeNumeric.cpp b/src/columns/ColTypeNumeric.cpp
index dded90ca9..d64dc4d50 100644
--- a/src/columns/ColTypeNumeric.cpp
+++ b/src/columns/ColTypeNumeric.cpp
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ void ColumnTypeNumeric::modify (Task& task, const std::string& value)
   std::string label = "  MODIFICATION ";
   context.debug (label + _name + " <-- '" + evaluatedValue.get_string () + "' <-- '" + value + "'");
 
-  // If the result is not readily convertible to a numeric value,
-  // then this is an error.
+  // If the result is not readily convertible to a numeric value, then this is
+  // an error.
   if (evaluatedValue.type () == Variant::type_string)
-              throw format (STRING_UDA_NUMERIC, evaluatedValue.get_string ());
+    throw format (STRING_UDA_NUMERIC, evaluatedValue.get_string ());
 
   task.set (_name, evaluatedValue);
 }