diff --git a/pep-0008.txt b/pep-0008.txt
index 1fe0d86d1bc..107ab4b3669 100644
--- a/pep-0008.txt
+++ b/pep-0008.txt
@@ -914,12 +914,14 @@ older convention of prefixing such globals with an underscore (which
 you might want to do to indicate these globals are "module
 non-public").
 
-Function Names
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Function and variable names
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Function names should be lowercase, with words separated by
 underscores as necessary to improve readability.
 
+Variable names follow the same convention as function names.
+
 mixedCase is allowed only in contexts where that's already the
 prevailing style (e.g. threading.py), to retain backwards
 compatibility.