diff --git a/include/openPMD/backend/Attributable.hpp b/include/openPMD/backend/Attributable.hpp
index 6c33897b1c..00d20aa99a 100644
--- a/include/openPMD/backend/Attributable.hpp
+++ b/include/openPMD/backend/Attributable.hpp
@@ -164,8 +164,8 @@ namespace internal
         {
             return operator*().m_attributes;
         }
-        [[nodiscard]] inline auto
-        readAttribute(std::string const &name) const -> Attribute const &
+        [[nodiscard]] inline auto readAttribute(std::string const &name) const
+            -> Attribute const &
         {
             auto const & attr = attributes();
             if (auto it = attr.find(name); it != attr.end())