diff --git a/pylintrc b/pylintrc
index 3e82d410da..07faac95b6 100644
--- a/pylintrc
+++ b/pylintrc
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # you want to make a central change that applies to all repos using edx-lint.
 #
 # Note: If your pylintrc file is simply out-of-date relative to the latest
-# pylintrc rules in edx-lint, ensure you have the latest edx-lint installed
+# pylintrc in edx-lint, ensure you have the latest edx-lint installed
 # and then follow the steps for a "LOCAL CHANGE".
 #
 # LOCAL CHANGE:
@@ -36,19 +36,16 @@
 #
 # 3. Run (in edx-lint):
 #
-#       # uses pylintrc_tweaks from edx-lint for linting in edx-lint
-#       # NOTE: Use Python 3.x, which no longer includes comments in the output file
 #       $ edx_lint write pylintrc
 #
 # 4. Make a new version of edx_lint, submit and review a pull request with the
-#    pylintrc update, and after merging, update the edx-lint version by
-#    creating a new tag in the repo (uses pbr).
+#    pylintrc update, and after merging, update the edx-lint version and
+#    publish the new version.
 #
 # 5. In your local repo, install the newer version of edx-lint.
 #
 # 6. Run:
 #
-#       # uses local pylintrc_tweaks
 #       $ edx_lint write pylintrc
 #
 # 7. This will modify the local file.  Submit a pull request to get it
@@ -67,7 +64,7 @@
 # SERIOUSLY.
 #
 # ------------------------------
-# Generated by edx-lint version: 5.0.0
+# Generated by edx-lint version: 5.2.0
 # ------------------------------
 [MASTER]
 ignore = ,.git,.tox,migrations,node_modules,.pycharm_helpers
@@ -318,6 +315,7 @@ enable =
 disable = 
 	bad-continuation,
 	bad-indentation,
+	consider-using-f-string,
 	duplicate-code,
 	file-ignored,
 	fixme,
@@ -341,7 +339,9 @@ disable =
 	too-many-public-methods,
 	too-many-return-statements,
 	ungrouped-imports,
+	unspecified-encoding,
 	unused-wildcard-import,
+	use-maxsplit-arg,
 	
 	feature-toggle-needs-doc,
 	illegal-waffle-usage,
@@ -501,4 +501,4 @@ int-import-graph =
 [EXCEPTIONS]
 overgeneral-exceptions = Exception
 
-# da8e79d46675a1e64dfd1d3f1f909b06c63a6949
+# 2fed80f910c79d220c5d11096f45b6038a989882