diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/api/apps.py b/cms/djangoapps/api/apps.py
index 249289ae43a07de82a639f79a83e48bf92c3acd1..d09fba22662f65c147bf1c05048833acfb3a6ade 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/api/apps.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/api/apps.py
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+"""
+Configuration for Studio API Django application
+"""
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 from django.apps import AppConfig
 
 
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/api/urls.py b/cms/djangoapps/api/urls.py
index 6114bbbad2e28a4f2796fcd1f0b463164a8ff6d0..c2776e55489509b5f10ee9e34928fc23b2625c1d 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/api/urls.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/api/urls.py
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+"""
+URLs for the Studio API app
+"""
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 from django.conf.urls import include, url
 
 urlpatterns = [
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/api/v1/urls.py b/cms/djangoapps/api/v1/urls.py
index c14d4803936bc8e685ad46747e2f0cbff04b11f6..10b87e0e706023324b6e7a8be0bc7fe532528e4d 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/api/v1/urls.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/api/v1/urls.py
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+"""
+URLs for the Studio API [Course Run]
+"""
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 from rest_framework.routers import DefaultRouter
 
 from .views.course_runs import CourseRunViewSet
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/api/v1/views/course_runs.py b/cms/djangoapps/api/v1/views/course_runs.py
index 59dbd3b9e650767a8a52859886b37255e2b8b8c4..7f90bdbda2a8dd6c096f83766ad582716ac39a6b 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/api/v1/views/course_runs.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/api/v1/views/course_runs.py
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+"""HTTP endpoints for the Course Run API."""
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.http import Http404
 from edx_rest_framework_extensions.auth.jwt.authentication import JwtAuthentication
@@ -8,6 +12,7 @@ from rest_framework.decorators import detail_route
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 
 from contentstore.views.course import _accessible_courses_iter, get_course_and_check_access
+
 from ..serializers.course_runs import (
     CourseRunCreateSerializer,
     CourseRunImageSerializer,
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/pipeline_js/utils.py b/cms/djangoapps/pipeline_js/utils.py
index ba00cd199defb91b0f500737135743ce0e5f85f5..90a0c1f97657628a939562a97e9f549df0718b21 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/pipeline_js/utils.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/pipeline_js/utils.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 Utilities for returning XModule JS (used by requirejs)
 """
 
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.staticfiles.storage import staticfiles_storage