diff --git a/docs/topics/development.rst b/docs/topics/development.rst
index 5e0e37f561..713dc6837d 100644
--- a/docs/topics/development.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/development.rst
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ Whenever possible, but don't obsess over things like line length:
 
     $ flake8 --ignore=E501,E128,E122 |less
 
+To perform automatic PEP8 checks, install flake8's git hook using:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    $ flake8 --install-hook git
+
 Imports
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