diff --git reindent.py reindent.py
index 4a916ea..68f7c72 100755
--- a/Tools/scripts/reindent.py
+++ b/Tools/scripts/reindent.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ __version__ = "1"
 
 import tokenize
 import os
+import re
 import shutil
 import sys
 
@@ -209,6 +210,8 @@ class Reindenter:
         have2want = {}
         # Program after transformation.
         after = self.after = []
+        # Regular expression to detect a tripple quote
+        triple_re = re.compile(tokenize.Triple)
         # Copy over initial empty lines -- there's nothing to do until
         # we see a line with *something* on it.
         i = stats[0][0]
@@ -254,12 +257,21 @@ class Reindenter:
             if diff == 0 or have == 0:
                 after.extend(lines[thisstmt:nextstmt])
             else:
+                inside_triple = False
+                changed_triple = False
                 for line in lines[thisstmt:nextstmt]:
                     if diff > 0:
-                        if line == "\n":
+                        if not inside_triple and triple_re.search(line):
+                            inside_triple = True
+                            changed_triple = True
+                        if line == "\n" or inside_triple:
                             after.append(line)
                         else:
                             after.append(" " * diff + line)
+                        if (inside_triple and triple_re.search(line) and
+                            not changed_triple):
+                            inside_triple = False
+                            changed_triple = False
                     else:
                         remove = min(getlspace(line), -diff)
                         after.append(line[remove:])