diff --git a/java/ql/consistency-queries/children.ql b/java/ql/consistency-queries/children.ql
index 2f3f1ba60ec..a79edc909af 100644
--- a/java/ql/consistency-queries/children.ql
+++ b/java/ql/consistency-queries/children.ql
@@ -50,9 +50,14 @@ predicate gapInChildren(Element e, int i) {
   // Pattern case statements legitimately have a TypeAccess (-2) and a pattern (0) but not a rule (-1)
   not (i = -1 and e instanceof PatternCase and not e.(PatternCase).isRule()) and
   // Pattern case statements can have a gap at -3 when they have more than one pattern but no guard.
-  not (i = -3 and count(e.(PatternCase).getAPattern()) > 1 and not exists(e.(PatternCase).getGuard())) and
+  not (
+    i = -3 and count(e.(PatternCase).getAPattern()) > 1 and not exists(e.(PatternCase).getGuard())
+  ) and
   // Pattern case statements may have some missing type accesses, depending on the nature of the direct child
-  not ((i = -2 or i < -4) and e instanceof PatternCase) and
+  not (
+    (i = -2 or i < -4) and
+    e instanceof PatternCase
+  ) and
   // Instanceof with a record pattern is not expected to have a type access in position 1
   not (i = 1 and e.(InstanceOfExpr).getPattern() instanceof RecordPatternExpr) and
   // RecordPatternExpr extracts type-accesses only for its LocalVariableDeclExpr children