diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index b654355c2..445d2adcc 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ no-docstring-rgx=(^_|^main$)
 
 [FORMAT]
 max-line-length=79
-ignore-long-lines=(<?https?://|^# Copyright 201\d)
+ignore-long-lines=(<?https?://|^# Copyright 201\d|link:)
 expected-line-ending-format=LF
 
 [VARIABLES]