diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 4ba3b0a71..d70a59273 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ attr-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{0,30}$
 argument-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{0,30}$
 variable-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{0,30}$
 docstring-min-length=3
+no-docstring-rgx=(^_|^main$)
 
 [FORMAT]
 max-line-length=79
diff --git a/qutebrowser/qutebrowser.py b/qutebrowser/qutebrowser.py
index a245e9f54..8e8400258 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/qutebrowser.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/qutebrowser.py
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ def get_argparser():
 
 
 def main():
-    """Main entry point for qutebrowser."""
     parser = get_argparser()
     if sys.platform == 'darwin' and getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
         # Ignore Mac OS X' idiotic -psn_* argument...
diff --git a/scripts/dev/build_release.py b/scripts/dev/build_release.py
index a90a285a6..2902d2cb8 100755
--- a/scripts/dev/build_release.py
+++ b/scripts/dev/build_release.py
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ def build_sdist():
 
 
 def main():
-    """Main entry point."""
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument('--asciidoc', help="Full path to python and "
                         "asciidoc.py. If not given, it's searched in PATH.",
diff --git a/scripts/dev/check_coverage.py b/scripts/dev/check_coverage.py
index e45e4e21d..ff5bc01f5 100644
--- a/scripts/dev/check_coverage.py
+++ b/scripts/dev/check_coverage.py
@@ -264,11 +264,6 @@ def main_check_all():
 
 
 def main():
-    """Main entry point.
-
-    Return:
-        The return code to return.
-    """
     utils.change_cwd()
     if '--check-all' in sys.argv:
         return main_check_all()
diff --git a/scripts/dev/freeze.py b/scripts/dev/freeze.py
index 560233c0d..29d7a74a1 100755
--- a/scripts/dev/freeze.py
+++ b/scripts/dev/freeze.py
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ def get_exe(base, target_name):
 
 
 def main():
-    """Main entry point."""
     if sys.platform.startswith('win'):
         base = 'Win32GUI'
         target_name = 'qutebrowser.exe'
diff --git a/scripts/dev/freeze_tests.py b/scripts/dev/freeze_tests.py
index 2e01de5a5..93e85166c 100755
--- a/scripts/dev/freeze_tests.py
+++ b/scripts/dev/freeze_tests.py
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ def get_build_exe_options():
 
 
 def main():
-    """Main entry point."""
     base = 'Win32GUI' if sys.platform.startswith('win') else None
     with temp_git_commit_file():
         cx.setup(
diff --git a/scripts/dev/get_coredumpctl_traces.py b/scripts/dev/get_coredumpctl_traces.py
index 965d11ca2..257cc3ac3 100644
--- a/scripts/dev/get_coredumpctl_traces.py
+++ b/scripts/dev/get_coredumpctl_traces.py
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ def check_prerequisites():
 
 
 def main():
-    """Main entry point."""
     check_prerequisites()
 
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
diff --git a/scripts/dev/misc_checks.py b/scripts/dev/misc_checks.py
index e629f2152..05c672325 100644
--- a/scripts/dev/misc_checks.py
+++ b/scripts/dev/misc_checks.py
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ def check_vcs_conflict():
 
 
 def main():
-    """Main entry point."""
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument('checker', choices=('git', 'vcs', 'spelling'),
                         help="Which checker to run.")
diff --git a/scripts/dev/run_vulture.py b/scripts/dev/run_vulture.py
index 6350ddea7..198c6a17c 100755
--- a/scripts/dev/run_vulture.py
+++ b/scripts/dev/run_vulture.py
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ def run(files):
 
 
 def main():
-    """Run vulture over all files."""
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument('files', nargs='*',
                         default=['qutebrowser', 'scripts'])
diff --git a/scripts/dev/segfault_test.py b/scripts/dev/segfault_test.py
index 18faebe71..adf29783c 100755
--- a/scripts/dev/segfault_test.py
+++ b/scripts/dev/segfault_test.py
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ def print_ret(ret):
 
 
 def main():
-    """Main entry point."""
     retvals = []
     if len(sys.argv) < 2:
         # pages which previously caused problems
diff --git a/scripts/importer.py b/scripts/importer.py
index ca5c83ccd..51e01c106 100755
--- a/scripts/importer.py
+++ b/scripts/importer.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import argparse
 
 
 def main():
-    """Main entry point."""
     args = get_args()
     if args.browser == 'chromium':
         import_chromium(args.bookmarks)
diff --git a/scripts/link_pyqt.py b/scripts/link_pyqt.py
index 5e7a8c797..249255404 100644
--- a/scripts/link_pyqt.py
+++ b/scripts/link_pyqt.py
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ def get_tox_syspython(tox_path):
 
 
 def main():
-    """Main entry point."""
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument('path', help="Base path to the venv.")
     parser.add_argument('--tox', help="Add when called via tox.",