diff --git a/news/1 Enhancements/2906.md b/news/1 Enhancements/2906.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..209e19264d78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/1 Enhancements/2906.md	
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Use Pylint message names instead of codes
+(thanks to [Roman Kornev](https://github.com/RomanKornev/))
diff --git a/src/client/linters/pylint.ts b/src/client/linters/pylint.ts
index ef015a260c46..250b8a182647 100644
--- a/src/client/linters/pylint.ts
+++ b/src/client/linters/pylint.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import { ILintMessage } from './types';
 const pylintrc = 'pylintrc';
 const dotPylintrc = '.pylintrc';
 
+const REGEX = '(?<line>\\d+),(?<column>-?\\d+),(?<type>\\w+),(?<code>[\\w-]+):(?<message>.*)\\r?(\\n|$)';
+
 export class Pylint extends BaseLinter {
     private fileSystem: IFileSystem;
     private platformService: IPlatformService;
@@ -67,12 +69,12 @@ export class Pylint extends BaseLinter {
             ];
         }
         const args = [
-            '--msg-template=\'{line},{column},{category},{msg_id}:{msg}\'',
+            '--msg-template=\'{line},{column},{category},{symbol}:{msg}\'',
             '--reports=n',
             '--output-format=text',
             uri.fsPath
         ];
-        const messages = await this.run(minArgs.concat(args), document, cancellation);
+        const messages = await this.run(minArgs.concat(args), document, cancellation, REGEX);
         messages.forEach(msg => {
             msg.severity = this.parseMessagesSeverity(msg.type, this.pythonSettings.linting.pylintCategorySeverity);
         });