diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
index 5101630c8c..ab41c95085 100644
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ trim_trailing_whitespace = true
 charset = utf-8
 indent_style = tab
 tab_width = 8
-max_line_length = 80
+max_line_length = 100
 
 [*.py]
 indent_style = space
 indent_size = 4
+max_line_length = 79
 
 [meson.build]
 indent_style = space
diff --git a/devtools/checkpatches.sh b/devtools/checkpatches.sh
index c314d83a29..205b8a52bf 100755
--- a/devtools/checkpatches.sh
+++ b/devtools/checkpatches.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ VALIDATE_NEW_API=$(dirname $(readlink -f $0))/check-symbol-change.sh
 # Codespell can also be enabled by setting DPDK_CHECKPATCH_CODESPELL to a valid path
 # to a dictionary.txt file if dictionary.txt is not in the default location.
 codespell=${DPDK_CHECKPATCH_CODESPELL:-enable}
-length=${DPDK_CHECKPATCH_LINE_LENGTH:-80}
+length=${DPDK_CHECKPATCH_LINE_LENGTH:-100}
 
 # override default Linux options
 options="--no-tree"
diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst
index b27b5fcfdb..1ce5d00e36 100644
--- a/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Line length is recommended to be not more than 80 characters, including comments
 .. note::
 
 	The above is recommendation, and not a hard limit.
-	However, it is expected that the recommendations should be followed in all but the rarest situations.
+	Generally, line lengths up to 100 characters are acceptable in the code.
 
 C Comment Style
 ---------------