diff --git a/examples/events.py b/examples/events.py
index f1e1c33335..7b1de7fafe 100644
--- a/examples/events.py
+++ b/examples/events.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# encoding: utf-8
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 """
 This is an example of a locustfile that uses Locust's built in event hooks to 
diff --git a/locust/runners.py b/locust/runners.py
index fe242f8fa5..8600121ff2 100644
--- a/locust/runners.py
+++ b/locust/runners.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# coding=UTF-8
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import logging
 import random
 import socket
diff --git a/locust/test/test_web.py b/locust/test/test_web.py
index 33551e64a4..a070fc4e35 100644
--- a/locust/test/test_web.py
+++ b/locust/test/test_web.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# encoding: utf-8
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import csv
 import json
 import sys
diff --git a/locust/web.py b/locust/web.py
index f992b40dad..57cfa5a022 100644
--- a/locust/web.py
+++ b/locust/web.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# encoding: utf-8
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 import csv
 import json
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7b41fd5dc4..04d6c293d6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# encoding: utf-8
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import ast
 import os
 import re