diff --git a/python/qemu/machine.py b/python/qemu/machine.py
index 41554de533..8e4ecd1837 100644
--- a/python/qemu/machine.py
+++ b/python/qemu/machine.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class MonitorResponseError(qmp.QMPError):
         self.reply = reply
 
 
-class QEMUMachine(object):
+class QEMUMachine:
     """
     A QEMU VM
 
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ class QEMUMachine(object):
                          'chardev=mon,mode=control'])
         if self._machine is not None:
             args.extend(['-machine', self._machine])
-        for i in range(self._console_index):
+        for _ in range(self._console_index):
             args.extend(['-serial', 'null'])
         if self._console_set:
             self._console_address = os.path.join(self._sock_dir,
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ class QEMUMachine(object):
                 command = ' '.join(self._qemu_full_args)
             else:
                 command = ''
-            LOG.warning(msg, -exitcode, command)
+            LOG.warning(msg, -int(exitcode), command)
 
         self._launched = False
 
diff --git a/python/qemu/pylintrc b/python/qemu/pylintrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d6ae7367d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/qemu/pylintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+[MASTER]
+
+[MESSAGES CONTROL]
+
+# Disable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s). You
+# can either give multiple identifiers separated by comma (,) or put this
+# option multiple times (only on the command line, not in the configuration
+# file where it should appear only once). You can also use "--disable=all" to
+# disable everything first and then reenable specific checks. For example, if
+# you want to run only the similarities checker, you can use "--disable=all
+# --enable=similarities". If you want to run only the classes checker, but have
+# no Warning level messages displayed, use "--disable=all --enable=classes
+# --disable=W".
+disable=too-many-arguments,
+        too-many-instance-attributes,
+        too-many-public-methods,
+
+[REPORTS]
+
+[REFACTORING]
+
+[MISCELLANEOUS]
+
+[LOGGING]
+
+[BASIC]
+
+# Good variable names which should always be accepted, separated by a comma.
+good-names=i,
+           j,
+           k,
+           ex,
+           Run,
+           _,
+           fd,
+
+[VARIABLES]
+
+[STRING]
+
+[SPELLING]
+
+[FORMAT]
+
+[SIMILARITIES]
+
+# Ignore imports when computing similarities.
+ignore-imports=yes
+
+[TYPECHECK]
+
+[CLASSES]
+
+[IMPORTS]
+
+[DESIGN]
+
+[EXCEPTIONS]
diff --git a/python/qemu/qtest.py b/python/qemu/qtest.py
index d24ad04256..53d814c064 100644
--- a/python/qemu/qtest.py
+++ b/python/qemu/qtest.py
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
-# QEMU qtest library
-#
+"""
+QEMU qtest library
+
+qtest offers the QEMUQtestProtocol and QEMUQTestMachine classes, which
+offer a connection to QEMU's qtest protocol socket, and a qtest-enabled
+subclass of QEMUMachine, respectively.
+"""
+
 # Copyright (C) 2015 Red Hat Inc.
 #
 # Authors:
@@ -17,19 +23,21 @@ import os
 from .machine import QEMUMachine
 
 
-class QEMUQtestProtocol(object):
-    def __init__(self, address, server=False):
-        """
-        Create a QEMUQtestProtocol object.
+class QEMUQtestProtocol:
+    """
+    QEMUQtestProtocol implements a connection to a qtest socket.
 
-        @param address: QEMU address, can be either a unix socket path (string)
-                        or a tuple in the form ( address, port ) for a TCP
-                        connection
-        @param server: server mode, listens on the socket (bool)
-        @raise socket.error on socket connection errors
-        @note No connection is established, this is done by the connect() or
-              accept() methods
-        """
+    :param address: QEMU address, can be either a unix socket path (string)
+                    or a tuple in the form ( address, port ) for a TCP
+                    connection
+    :param server: server mode, listens on the socket (bool)
+    :raise socket.error: on socket connection errors
+
+    .. note::
+       No conection is estabalished by __init__(), this is done
+       by the connect() or accept() methods.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, address, server=False):
         self._address = address
         self._sock = self._get_sock()
         self._sockfile = None
@@ -73,15 +81,19 @@ class QEMUQtestProtocol(object):
         return resp
 
     def close(self):
+        """Close this socket."""
         self._sock.close()
         self._sockfile.close()
 
     def settimeout(self, timeout):
+        """Set a timeout, in seconds."""
         self._sock.settimeout(timeout)
 
 
 class QEMUQtestMachine(QEMUMachine):
-    '''A QEMU VM'''
+    """
+    A QEMU VM, with a qtest socket available.
+    """
 
     def __init__(self, binary, args=None, name=None, test_dir="/var/tmp",
                  socket_scm_helper=None, sock_dir=None):