diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 2608c47..dde6c76 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -112,7 +112,14 @@ repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
     rev: "7.0.0"
     hooks:
-      - id: flake8
+    - id: flake8
+    # Ignore all format-related checks as Black takes care of those.
+      args:
+        - --ignore=E2, W5, F401, E401
+        - --select=E, W, F, N
+        - --max-line-length=120
+      additional_dependencies:
+        - pep8-naming
 
   - repo: https://github.com/adrienverge/yamllint.git
     rev: v1.35.1
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f06dbdb..ba276d6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ python tools to assist with standardized data ingestion workflows
 
 ### Install from PyPi
 
-```python
+```console
 pip install osc-ingest-tools
 ```
 
@@ -102,14 +102,14 @@ checks.
 Enabling automatic formatting via [pre-commit](https://pre-commit.com/) is
 recommended:
 
-```shell
+```console
 pip install black isort pre-commit
 pre-commit install
 ```
 
 To ensure compliance with static check tools, developers may wish to run;
 
-```shell
+```console
 pip install black isort
 # auto-sort imports
 isort .
@@ -117,9 +117,10 @@ isort .
 black .
 ```
 
-Code can then be tested using tox.
+Code can then be tested using tox:
 
-```shell
+```console
+=======
 # run static checks and tests
 tox
 # run only tests
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ To release a new version of this library, authorized developers should;
 
 E.g.,
 
-```shell
+```console
 git commit -sm "Release v0.3.4"
 git tag v0.3.4
 git push --follow-tags
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 20c7946..b7eb394 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ test = ["pdm[pytest]", "pytest-cov"]
 tox = ["tox", "tox-pdm>=0.5"]
 docs = ["sphinx>=7.2.6", "sphinx-copybutton>=0.5.2"]
 dev = ["tox>=4.11.3", "tox-pdm>=0.7.0"]
-lint = ["pre-commit"]
+lint = ["pre-commit", "tomli"]
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 testpaths = "tests/"