diff --git a/aws-toolkit-eclipse-master/bundles/com.amazonaws.eclipse.sdk.ui/samples/AmazonEC2SpotInstances-Advanced/InlineTaggingCodeSampleApp.java b/aws-toolkit-eclipse-master/bundles/com.amazonaws.eclipse.sdk.ui/samples/AmazonEC2SpotInstances-Advanced/InlineTaggingCodeSampleApp.java
index 0c48af7e4..57a748aa3 100644
--- a/aws-toolkit-eclipse-master/bundles/com.amazonaws.eclipse.sdk.ui/samples/AmazonEC2SpotInstances-Advanced/InlineTaggingCodeSampleApp.java
+++ b/aws-toolkit-eclipse-master/bundles/com.amazonaws.eclipse.sdk.ui/samples/AmazonEC2SpotInstances-Advanced/InlineTaggingCodeSampleApp.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public class InlineTaggingCodeSampleApp {
      *      credentials from.
      *      https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/home?#security_credential
      *
-     * WARNING:
+     * WARNING:
      *      To avoid accidental leakage of your credentials, DO NOT keep
      *      the credentials file in your source directory.
      */
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
         }
 
         // Create the AmazonEC2Client object so we can call various APIs.
-        AmazonEC2 ec2 = AmazonEC2ClientBuilder.standard()
-            .withCredentials(new AWSStaticCredentialsProvider(credentials))
-            .withRegion("us-west-2")
+        AmazonEC2 ec2 = AmazonEC2ClientBuilder.standard()
+            .withCredentials(new AWSStaticCredentialsProvider(credentials))
+            .withRegion("us-west-2")
             .build();
 
         // Initializes a Spot Instance Request
@@ -149,20 +149,11 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
 
         // Create a tag request for requests.
         CreateTagsRequest createTagsRequest_requests = new CreateTagsRequest();
+        
         createTagsRequest_requests.setResources(spotInstanceRequestIds);
         createTagsRequest_requests.setTags(requestTags);
 
-        // Try to tag the Spot request submitted.
-        try {
-            ec2.createTags(createTagsRequest_requests);
-        } catch (AmazonServiceException e) {
-            // Write out any exceptions that may have occurred.
-            System.out.println("Error terminating instances");
-            System.out.println("Caught Exception: " + e.getMessage());
-            System.out.println("Reponse Status Code: " + e.getStatusCode());
-            System.out.println("Error Code: " + e.getErrorCode());
-            System.out.println("Request ID: " + e.getRequestId());
-        }
+        handleException(createTagsRequest_requests, ec2);
 
         //============================================================================================//
         //=========================== Determining the State of the Spot Request ======================//
@@ -228,18 +219,8 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
         createTagsRequest_instances.setResources(instanceIds);
         createTagsRequest_instances.setTags(instanceTags);
 
-        // Try to tag the Spot instance started.
-        try {
-            ec2.createTags(createTagsRequest_instances);
-        } catch (AmazonServiceException e) {
-            // Write out any exceptions that may have occurred.
-            System.out.println("Error terminating instances");
-            System.out.println("Caught Exception: " + e.getMessage());
-            System.out.println("Reponse Status Code: " + e.getStatusCode());
-            System.out.println("Error Code: " + e.getErrorCode());
-            System.out.println("Request ID: " + e.getRequestId());
-        }
-
+        handleException(createTagsRequest_instances, ec2);
+        
         //============================================================================================//
         //====================================== Canceling the Request ==============================//
         //============================================================================================//
@@ -274,5 +255,18 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
         }
 
     }
-
+    
+    private static void handleException(CreateTagsRequest createTagsRequest_requests, AmazonEC2 ec2) {
+        // Try to tag the Spot request submitted.
+        try {
+            ec2.createTags(createTagsRequest_requests);
+        } catch (AmazonServiceException e) {
+            // Write out any exceptions that may have occurred.
+            System.out.println("Error terminating instances");
+            System.out.println("Caught Exception: " + e.getMessage());
+            System.out.println("Reponse Status Code: " + e.getStatusCode());
+            System.out.println("Error Code: " + e.getErrorCode());
+            System.out.println("Request ID: " + e.getRequestId());
+        }
+    }
 }