diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a50d2d9..b756429 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,3 +58,17 @@ A patch with multiple offsets, and helpful author descriptions for each section:
 Utility for combining/splitting/byteswapping ROM files. Run it like `./splitrom --help`
 to see generic help and what commands are available, and like `./splitrom <command> --help`
 for a specific command's help.
+
+## Developing
+
+The tools here are fully typed, and should be kept that way. To verify type hints, run the following:
+
+```
+mypy --strict .
+```
+
+The tools are also lint clean (save for line length lints which are useless drivel). To verify lint, run the following:
+
+```
+flake8 --ignore E501 .
+```
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9cbe37b..6441088 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from setuptools import setup
+from setuptools import setup  # type: ignore
 
 
 setup(