diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 664eda267..e7066f6fb 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ argument-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{0,30}$
 variable-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{0,30}$
 class-attribute-rgx=[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]{1,30}$
 inlinevar-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]*$
-docstring-min-length=2
+docstring-min-length=3
 
 [FORMAT]
 max-line-length=79