diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ac5bb0922c..99a8602460 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ lint.flake8-implicit-str-concat.allow-multiline=false
 "system".msg = "Use openpilot.system"
 "third_party".msg = "Use openpilot.third_party"
 "tools".msg = "Use openpilot.tools"
+"pytest.main".msg = "pytest.main requires special handling that is easy to mess up!"
 
 [tool.coverage.run]
 concurrency = ["multiprocessing", "thread"]