diff --git a/tests/run/pure_py.py b/tests/run/pure_py.py
index ecd83015b0ea7be9d8e11282dcedcbeb82e75f55..c66d0bba78c7c4be878a58fc0639e90a26b47bef 100644
--- a/tests/run/pure_py.py
+++ b/tests/run/pure_py.py
@@ -220,6 +220,10 @@ def test_declare_c_types(n):
 @cython.ccall
 @cython.returns(cython.double)
 def c_call(x):
+    return x
+
+
+def call_ccall(x):
     """
     Test that a declared return type is honoured when compiled.
 
@@ -235,10 +239,6 @@ def c_call(x):
     >>> (is_compiled and 1) or result
     1
     """
-    return x
-
-
-def call_ccall(x):
     ret = c_call(x)
     return ret, cython.typeof(ret)
 
@@ -247,9 +247,13 @@ def call_ccall(x):
 @cython.inline
 @cython.returns(cython.double)
 def cdef_inline(x):
+    return x + 1
+
+
+def call_cdef_inline(x):
     """
     >>> result, return_type = call_cdef_inline(1)
-    >>> (not is_compiled and 'float') or type(return_type).__name__
+    >>> (not is_compiled and 'float') or type(result).__name__
     'float'
     >>> (not is_compiled and 'double') or return_type
     'double'
@@ -258,10 +262,6 @@ def cdef_inline(x):
     >>> result == 2.0  or  result
     True
     """
-    return x + 1
-
-
-def call_cdef_inline(x):
     ret = cdef_inline(x)
     return ret, cython.typeof(ret)
 
@@ -304,6 +304,12 @@ def ccall_except(x):
 @cython.returns(cython.long)
 @cython.exceptval(-1)
 def cdef_except(x):
+    if x == 0:
+        raise ValueError
+    return x+1
+
+
+def call_cdef_except(x):
     """
     >>> call_cdef_except(41)
     42
@@ -311,12 +317,6 @@ def cdef_except(x):
     Traceback (most recent call last):
     ValueError
     """
-    if x == 0:
-        raise ValueError
-    return x+1
-
-
-def call_cdef_except(x):
     return cdef_except(x)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/run/pure_py3.py b/tests/run/pure_py3.py
index 1e07b59fda3dae4eebc1300cf6659e3ac7089f8c..4217ca43f9ca8528cc51e0533597a0767d2f8ceb 100644
--- a/tests/run/pure_py3.py
+++ b/tests/run/pure_py3.py
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ def test_struct(n: cython.int, x: cython.double) -> MyStruct2:
 
 @cython.ccall
 def c_call(x) -> cython.double:
+    return x
+
+
+def call_ccall(x):
     """
     Test that a declared return type is honoured when compiled.
 
@@ -57,10 +61,6 @@ def c_call(x) -> cython.double:
     >>> (is_compiled and 1) or result
     1
     """
-    return x
-
-
-def call_ccall(x):
     ret = c_call(x)
     return ret, cython.typeof(ret)
 
@@ -68,9 +68,13 @@ def call_ccall(x):
 @cython.cfunc
 @cython.inline
 def cdef_inline(x) -> cython.double:
+    return x + 1
+
+
+def call_cdef_inline(x):
     """
     >>> result, return_type = call_cdef_inline(1)
-    >>> (not is_compiled and 'float') or type(return_type).__name__
+    >>> (not is_compiled and 'float') or type(result).__name__
     'float'
     >>> (not is_compiled and 'double') or return_type
     'double'
@@ -79,9 +83,5 @@ def cdef_inline(x) -> cython.double:
     >>> result == 2.0  or  result
     True
     """
-    return x + 1
-
-
-def call_cdef_inline(x):
     ret = cdef_inline(x)
     return ret, cython.typeof(ret)