diff --git a/spacy/lang/ta/__init__.py b/spacy/lang/ta/__init__.py
index 81baaafe2..8b21b70c7 100644
--- a/spacy/lang/ta/__init__.py
+++ b/spacy/lang/ta/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-# import language-specific data
+# coding: utf8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 from .stop_words import STOP_WORDS
 from .lex_attrs import LEX_ATTRS
 
@@ -7,20 +9,16 @@ from ...language import Language
 from ...attrs import LANG
 from ...util import update_exc
 
-# create Defaults class in the module scope (necessary for pickling!)
+
 class TamilDefaults(Language.Defaults):
     lex_attr_getters = dict(Language.Defaults.lex_attr_getters)
-    lex_attr_getters[LANG] = lambda text: "ta"  # language ISO code
-
-    # optional: replace flags with custom functions, e.g. like_num()
+    lex_attr_getters[LANG] = lambda text: "ta"
     lex_attr_getters.update(LEX_ATTRS)
 
 
-# create actual Language class
 class Tamil(Language):
-    lang = "ta"  # language ISO code
-    Defaults = TamilDefaults  # override defaults
+    lang = "ta"
+    Defaults = TamilDefaults
 
 
-# set default export – this allows the language class to be lazy-loaded
 __all__ = ["Tamil"]
diff --git a/spacy/lang/ta/lex_attrs.py b/spacy/lang/ta/lex_attrs.py
index 0f17a5885..87def6162 100644
--- a/spacy/lang/ta/lex_attrs.py
+++ b/spacy/lang/ta/lex_attrs.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # coding: utf8
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 from ...attrs import LIKE_NUM
 
 
@@ -81,4 +82,5 @@ def like_num(text):
 
     return False
 
+
 LEX_ATTRS = {LIKE_NUM: like_num}