diff --git a/docs/Contributors_Guide/coding_standards.rst b/docs/Contributors_Guide/coding_standards.rst
index 8fde5274e4..67cee26da1 100644
--- a/docs/Contributors_Guide/coding_standards.rst
+++ b/docs/Contributors_Guide/coding_standards.rst
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ Coding Standards
   docstrings <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0257/>`_, and
   `Sphinx <http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/>`_ for documentation
 * **NOTE: Please do not use f-strings in the run_metplus.py file so that the Python version check can notify the user of the incorrect version. Using Python 3.5 or earlier will output the SyntaxError from the f-string instead of the useful error message.**
+
+Python code analysis tools like **pylint** can be used to check for errors and violations of PEP8 standards.