diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 990d7bad9..17e776dd8 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ extend-ignore=
   W503,
 exclude=.git,
         **/migrations/*,
+        docs,
+        **/doc.py,
         scripts,
 format = ${cyan}%(path)s${reset}:${yellow_bold}%(row)d${reset}:${green_bold}%(col)d${reset}: ${red_bold}%(code)s${reset} %(text)s
 max-complexity=8
diff --git a/src/.flake8 b/src/.flake8
index 4d43c1bbb..c01df5c81 100644
--- a/src/.flake8
+++ b/src/.flake8
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ ignore=
 exclude=.git,
         **/migrations/*,
         docs,
+        **/doc.py,
         scripts,
 format = ${cyan}%(path)s${reset}:${yellow_bold}%(row)d${reset}:${green_bold}%(col)d${reset}: ${red_bold}%(code)s${reset} %(text)s
 max-complexity=8
diff --git a/src/dso_api/settings.py b/src/dso_api/settings.py
index 28e01bc2e..b43cfc4b6 100644
--- a/src/dso_api/settings.py
+++ b/src/dso_api/settings.py
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
             "EXPORTER": f"""opencensus.ext.azure.trace_exporter.AzureExporter(
                 connection_string='{AZURE_APPI_CONNECTION_STRING}',
                 service_name='dso-api'
-            )""",
+            )""",  # noqa: E202
             "EXCLUDELIST_PATHS": [],
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/rest_framework_dso/renderers.py b/src/rest_framework_dso/renderers.py
index 5295b690b..0038e584d 100644
--- a/src/rest_framework_dso/renderers.py
+++ b/src/rest_framework_dso/renderers.py
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ def _chunked_output(stream, chunk_size=DEFAULT_CHUNK_SIZE, write_exception=None)
                 buffer.truncate(0)
         if buffer.tell():
             yield buffer.getvalue()
-    except Exception as e:
+    except Exception as e:  # noqa: B902
         # Write the last bit that gives some hint on where it stalled:
         if buffer.tell():
             yield buffer.getvalue()
diff --git a/src/rest_framework_dso/response.py b/src/rest_framework_dso/response.py
index da38f99db..95a5a708e 100644
--- a/src/rest_framework_dso/response.py
+++ b/src/rest_framework_dso/response.py
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ def from_response(cls, response: Response):
         if content_type is None and hasattr(response, "accepted_renderer"):
             media_type = response.accepted_renderer.media_type
             charset = response.accepted_renderer.charset
-            content_type = f"{media_type}; charset={charset}" if charset else media_type
+            content_type = (
+                f"{media_type}; charset={charset}" if charset else media_type
+            )  # noqa: E702
             response["Content-Type"] = content_type
 
         streaming_response = cls(
@@ -95,7 +97,7 @@ def _read_rendered_content(self):
 
         try:
             yield from stream
-        except Exception as e:
+        except Exception as e:  # noqa: B902
             yield self.render_exception(e)
             raise  # stops the server rendering
 
diff --git a/src/tests/conftest.py b/src/tests/conftest.py
index 919a44d0d..3e6f31f7e 100644
--- a/src/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/src/tests/conftest.py
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ def _get_model(self, dataset_name, model_name):
         except KeyError:
             available = ",".join(sorted(app.keys()))
             raise KeyError(
-                f"Model {model_name} does not exist in dataset '{dataset_name}'. "
+                f"Model {model_name} does not exist in dataset '{dataset_name}'. "  # noqa: E713
                 f"Available are: {available}"
             ) from None
 
diff --git a/src/tests/utils.py b/src/tests/utils.py
index e27790a4c..41e4e4729 100644
--- a/src/tests/utils.py
+++ b/src/tests/utils.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ def read_response_partial(response: HttpResponseBase) -> tuple[str, Optional[Exc
     try:
         for chunk in iter(response):
             buffer.write(chunk)
-    except Exception as e:
+    except Exception as e:  # noqa: B902
         return buffer.getvalue().decode(), e
     else:
         return buffer.getvalue().decode(), None