diff --git a/doc/develop/codingstyle.rst b/doc/develop/codingstyle.rst
index 1d5d0192b3..3d05a6b988 100644
--- a/doc/develop/codingstyle.rst
+++ b/doc/develop/codingstyle.rst
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ The following rules apply:
applies only to Linux, not to U-Boot. Only large hunks which are copied
unchanged from Linux may retain that comment format.
+* Python code shall conform to `PEP8 (Style Guide for Python Code)
+ `_. Use `pylint
+ `_ for checking the code.
+
* Use patman to send your patches (``tools/patman/patman -H`` for full
instructions). With a few tags in your commits this will check your patches
and take care of emailing them.
@@ -67,6 +71,9 @@ documentation is strongly advised. The Linux kernel `kernel-doc
`_
documentation applies with no changes.
+Our Python code documentation follows `PEP257 (Docstring Conventions)
+`_.
+
Use structures for I/O access
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