diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 4bfb935e..4202a253 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [flake8]
 ignore = 
+    # line length is handled by black
     E501,
     # W503 & E203 are not PEP 8 compliant and conflicts with black
     W503,
@@ -15,4 +16,5 @@ exclude =
     docs
 
 per-file-ignores =
+    # ignore unused imports in __init__
     __init__.py:F401
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