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pep8's documentation
====================
+.. note::
+
+ This package used to be called ``pep8`` but was renamed to ``pycodestyle``
+ to reduce confusion. Further discussion can be found `in the issue where
+ Guido requested this
+ change <https://github.com/PyCQA/pycodestyle/issues/466>`_, or in the
+ lightning talk at PyCon 2016 by @IanLee1521:
+ `slides <https://speakerdeck.com/ianlee1521/pep8-vs-pep-8>`_
+ `video <https://youtu.be/PulzIT8KYLk?t=36m>`_.
+
*Python style guide checker*
pep8 is a tool to check your Python code against some of the style