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diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst
index b27b5fcfdb..1ce5d00e36 100644
--- a/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Line length is recommended to be not more than 80 characters, including comments
 .. note::
 
 	The above is recommendation, and not a hard limit.
-	However, it is expected that the recommendations should be followed in all but the rarest situations.
+	Generally, line lengths up to 100 characters are acceptable in the code.
 
 C Comment Style
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