diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 77bf9e1..292f756 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ This repository is a template for a python 🐍 project using the poetry contain
 - [Pytest](https://docs.pytest.org/en/7.2.x/): This serves as the codebase test runner.
 - [Requests](https://requests.readthedocs.io/en/latest/): This is the project's means of communicating with external APIs.
 - [Responses](https://github.com/getsentry/responses): This is used in conjunction with Pytest and Requests to mock API calls in the test module.
+- [Numpy Pydoc Styling](https://numpy.org/doc/1.20/docs/howto_document.html): Ruff works to require strict Numpy-style pydoc strings.
 
 ### Project Requirements
 - Python version: `^3.11`
diff --git a/project/__main__.py b/project/__main__.py
index 79d228f..751f245 100644
--- a/project/__main__.py
+++ b/project/__main__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""This file serves as the entry point for the project module."""
+"""Serves as the entry point for the project module."""
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     print("oh, what up?")
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2f174ae..36ca420 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ target-version = "py311"
 select = ["D"]
 
 [tool.ruff.pydocstyle]
-convention = "google"
+convention = "numpy"
 
 [tool.ruff.extend-per-file-ignores]
 "__init__.py" = ["D104"]
diff --git a/test/test_example.py b/test/test_example.py
index 419f238..e9b3e03 100644
--- a/test/test_example.py
+++ b/test/test_example.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""This file serves as an example of a basic test."""
+"""Serves as an example of a basic test."""
 
 
 def test_example():