diff --git a/docs/source/usage/good_coding.rst b/docs/source/usage/good_coding.rst
index 1c6528bc1..966a55914 100644
--- a/docs/source/usage/good_coding.rst
+++ b/docs/source/usage/good_coding.rst
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ by automated tools such as `Cocogitto-bot <https://github.com/apps/cocogitto-bot
 
 Code Style / Formatting
 -----------------------
-For Python, we obey the PEP 8 style guide.
+For Python, we obey the default settings of `ruff <https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/>`_` for formatting
+and linting. Ruff checks are something like the combination of several Python linters
+(Flake8, isort, pydocstyle etc.) and the black formatter.
 
 For C++ we obey the Google C++ Style Guide with:
   | IndentWidth: 2