diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
index 30d6fcc1e3..3cd29dd7a3 100644
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ trim_trailing_whitespace = true
 end_of_line = lf
 charset = utf-8
 
+# Docstrings and comments use max_line_length = 79
+[*.py]
+max_line_length = 119
+
 # Use 2 spaces for the HTML files
 [*.html]
 indent_size = 2