diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 3f1c6dbb..9353025e 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -12,9 +12,13 @@ repos:
         # exclude: ^migrations/
         exclude: "/migrations/"
 
-        # otherwise it will not fix long lines if the long lines contain long strings
+        # --preview because otherwise it will not fix long lines if the long lines contain long strings
         # https://github.com/psf/black/pull/1132
         # https://github.com/psf/black/pull/1609
+        # --line-length because then we can avoid the fancy line wrapping in more instances and jason, kb, and elizabeth
+        # kind of prefer long lines rather than cutely-formatted sets of lines.
+        # TODO: enable when its safe to update the files
+        # args: [--preview, --line-length, "110"]
         args: [--preview]
 
       - id: check-added-large-files