diff --git a/denote.el b/denote.el
index 423174f..2724568 100644
--- a/denote.el
+++ b/denote.el
@@ -3119,12 +3119,13 @@ returned."
                ((stringp filetype) (intern filetype))
                ((symbolp filetype) filetype)
                (t (error "The `%s' is neither a string nor a symbol" filetype)))))
-    (cond ((memq type (denote--file-type-keys))
-           type)
-          ((null denote-file-types)
-           (user-error "At least one file type must be defined in `denote-file-types' to create a note"))
-          (t
-           (caar denote-file-types)))))
+    (cond
+     ((memq type (denote--file-type-keys))
+      type)
+     ((null denote-file-types)
+      (user-error "At least one file type must be defined in `denote-file-types' to create a note"))
+     (t
+      (caar denote-file-types)))))
 
 (defun denote--date-add-current-time (date)
   "Add current time to DATE, if necessary.