diff --git a/bots/zephyr_mirror_backend.py b/bots/zephyr_mirror_backend.py
index 72b28ef0b7..1b93ff1d3e 100755
--- a/bots/zephyr_mirror_backend.py
+++ b/bots/zephyr_mirror_backend.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def different_paragraph(line, next_line):
             len(line) < len(words[0]))
 
 # Linewrapping algorithm based on:
-# http://gcbenison.wordpress.com/2011/07/03/a-program-to-intelligently-remove-carriage-returns-so-you-can-paste-text-without-having-it-look-awful/
+# http://gcbenison.wordpress.com/2011/07/03/a-program-to-intelligently-remove-carriage-returns-so-you-can-paste-text-without-having-it-look-awful/ #ignorelongline
 def unwrap_lines(body):
     lines = body.split("\n")
     result = ""
diff --git a/tools/lint-all b/tools/lint-all
index 460e618f66..83500cb9d1 100755
--- a/tools/lint-all
+++ b/tools/lint-all
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ def build_custom_checkers(by_lang):
                     print("Exception with %s at %s line %s" % (rule['pattern'], fn, i+1))
                     traceback.print_exc()
             if (max_length is not None and len(line) > max_length and
-                '# type' not in line and 'test' not in fn and 'example' not in fn):
+                '# type' not in line and 'test' not in fn and 'example' not in fn and
+                "#ignorelongline" not in line):
                 print("Line too long (%s) at %s line %s: %s" % (len(line), fn, i+1, line_newline_stripped))
             lastLine = line
         if lineFlag and '\n' not in lastLine:
@@ -329,7 +330,7 @@ def build_custom_checkers(by_lang):
         failed = False
 
         for fn in by_lang['py']:
-            if custom_check_file(fn, python_rules, max_length=180):
+            if custom_check_file(fn, python_rules, max_length=140):
                 failed = True
         return failed