diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 4c673215a..4bf127114 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ show-source = True
 max-complexity = 10
 max-line-length = 100
 
-### ignore "whitespace before ':'" and "line break before binary operator" for compatibility with black
+### ignore "whitespace before ':'", "line break before binary operator" for
+### compatibility with black, and cyclomatic complexity (for now).
 extend-ignore = E203, W503, C901
 
 ### --statistics Count the number of occurrences of each error/warning code and print a report.