diff --git a/gramps/gen/filters/rules/place/_withinarea.py b/gramps/gen/filters/rules/place/_withinarea.py
index 3e7fe7844..c0cac8eb3 100644
--- a/gramps/gen/filters/rules/place/_withinarea.py
+++ b/gramps/gen/filters/rules/place/_withinarea.py
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ import re
 # Gramps modules
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+from gramps.gen.errors import FilterError
 from ....const import GRAMPS_LOCALE as glocale
 from .. import Rule
 from ....utils.place import conv_lat_lon
-from gramps.gen.errors import FilterError
 
 _ = glocale.translation.sgettext
 
@@ -81,13 +81,13 @@ class WithinArea(Rule):
                                                          "D.D8")
             if self.latitude is None or self.longitude is None:
                 raise FilterError(_("Cannot use the filter 'within area'"),
-                    _("The place you selected contains bad coordinates. "
-                      "Please, run the tool 'clean input data'"))
-                return
+                                  _("The place you selected contains bad"
+                                    " coordinates. Please, run the tool "
+                                    "'clean input data'"))
 
             val = self.list[1]
             if isinstance(val, str):
-               val = re.sub(r"\D", "", val) # suppress all alpha characters
+                val = re.sub(r"\D", "", val) # suppress all alpha characters
             value = int(val)
             unit = int(self.list[2])
             # earth perimeter in kilometers for latitude