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diff --git a/docs/source/user/configuration.rst b/docs/source/user/configuration.rst
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--- a/docs/source/user/configuration.rst
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@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ In our case, if we wanted to, we could also do
dist
max-complexity = 10
-This would allow us to add comments for why we're excluding items, e.g.,
+This allows us to add comments for why we're excluding items, e.g.
.. code-block:: ini
@@ -164,6 +164,26 @@ This would allow us to add comments for why we're excluding items, e.g.,
.. note::
+ Following the recommended settings for `Python's ``configparser`` <https://docs.python.org/3/library/configparser.html#customizing-parser-behaviour>`__, |Flake8| does not support inline comments for any of the keys. So while this is fine:
+
+ .. code-block:: ini
+
+ [flake8]
+ per-file-ignores =
+ # imported but unused
+ __init__.py: F401
+
+ this is not:
+
+ .. code-block:: ini
+
+ [flake8]
+ per-file-ignores =
+ __init__.py: F401 # imported but unused
+
+
+.. note::
+
If you're using Python 2, you will notice that we download the
:mod:`configparser` backport from PyPI. That backport enables us to
support this behaviour on all supported versions of Python.