diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8118431..8ede5a6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ wrap-line-with-long-string = true
 
 [tool.pydoclint]
 style = 'numpy'
-exclude = '\.git|\.tox|tests/data|unparser\.py'
+exclude = '\.git|.?venv|\.tox|tests/data|unparser\.py'
 require-return-section-when-returning-nothing = true
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 4e7bb0d..c49a986 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -101,5 +101,6 @@ statistics = true
 max-complexity = 10
 exclude =
     .*,
+    venv/*,
     tests/data/*,
     unparser.py