diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fdf28011fb..b8b975b804 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,3 +16,6 @@ To create an initial user account, run the command `python InvenTree/manage.py c
 
 ## Documentation
 For project code documentation, refer to the online [documentation](http://inventree.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) (auto-generated)
+
+## Coding Style
+All python code should conform to the [PEP 8](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/) style guide. Run the *pep_check.py* script which will compare all source (.py) files against the PEP 8 style.
diff --git a/pep_check.py b/pep_check.py
index 64de2a568f..71ce27db68 100644
--- a/pep_check.py
+++ b/pep_check.py
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+"""
+Checks all source files (.py) against PEP8 coding style.
+The following rules are ignored:
+  - W293 - blank lines contain whitespace
+  - E501 - line too long (82 characters)
+
+Run this script before submitting a Pull-Request to check your code.
+"""
+
 import subprocess
 
-subprocess.call(['pep8', '--exclude=migrations', '--ignore=EC04,W293,E501', 'InvenTree'])
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+subprocess.call(['pep8', '--exclude=migrations', '--ignore=W293,E501', 'InvenTree'])