diff --git a/scripts/qapi/.flake8 b/scripts/qapi/.flake8
index 6b158c68b8..a873ff6730 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi/.flake8
+++ b/scripts/qapi/.flake8
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 [flake8]
-extend-ignore = E722  # Prefer pylint's bare-except checks to flake8's
+# Prefer pylint's bare-except checks to flake8's
+extend-ignore = E722