diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/notes/migrations/0001_initial.py b/lms/djangoapps/notes/migrations/0001_initial.py
index 738d121e79..0372a889df 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/notes/migrations/0001_initial.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/notes/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
             ('id', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.AutoField')(primary_key=True)),
             ('user', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey')(to=orm['auth.User'])),
             ('course_id', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(max_length=255, db_index=True)),
-            ('uri', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(max_length=1024, db_index=True)),
+            ('uri', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(max_length=512, db_index=True)),
             ('text', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.TextField')(default='')),
             ('quote', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.TextField')(default='')),
             ('range_start', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(max_length=2048)),
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
             'tags': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'default': "''"}),
             'text': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'default': "''"}),
             'updated': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now': 'True', 'db_index': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
-            'uri': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '1024', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'uri': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '512', 'db_index': 'True'}),
             'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['auth.User']"})
         }
     }
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/notes/models.py b/lms/djangoapps/notes/models.py
index 7c9db7dc28..4050516f13 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/notes/models.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/notes/models.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import json
 class Note(models.Model):
     user = models.ForeignKey(User, db_index=True)
     course_id = models.CharField(max_length=255, db_index=True)
-    uri = models.CharField(max_length=1024, db_index=True)
+    uri = models.CharField(max_length=512, db_index=True)
     text = models.TextField(default="")
     quote = models.TextField(default="")
     range_start = models.CharField(max_length=2048)  # xpath string
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ class Note(models.Model):
     updated = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True, db_index=True)
 
     def clean(self, json_body):
-        '''
+        """
         Cleans the note object or raises a ValidationError.
-        '''
+        """
         if json_body is None:
             raise ValidationError('Note must have a body.')
 
@@ -53,16 +53,16 @@ class Note(models.Model):
             self.tags = ",".join(tags)
 
     def get_absolute_url(self):
-        '''
-        Returns the aboslute url for the note object.
-        '''
+        """
+        Returns the absolute url for the note object.
+        """
         kwargs = {'course_id': self.course_id, 'note_id': str(self.pk)}
         return reverse('notes_api_note', kwargs=kwargs)
 
     def as_dict(self):
-        '''
+        """
         Returns the note object as a dictionary.
-        '''
+        """
         return {
             'id': self.pk,
             'user_id': self.user.pk,