diff --git a/adafruit_bluefruit_connect/button_packet.py b/adafruit_bluefruit_connect/button_packet.py
index db181ad..8191e4c 100644
--- a/adafruit_bluefruit_connect/button_packet.py
+++ b/adafruit_bluefruit_connect/button_packet.py
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ def __init__(self, button, pressed):
     def parse_private(cls, packet):
         """Construct a ButtonPacket from an incoming packet.
         Do not call this directly; call Packet.from_bytes() instead.
+        pylint makes it difficult to call this method _parse(), hence the name.
         """
         button, pressed = struct.unpack(cls._FMT_PARSE, packet)
         if not pressed in b'01':
diff --git a/adafruit_bluefruit_connect/color_packet.py b/adafruit_bluefruit_connect/color_packet.py
index 984168b..1e08177 100644
--- a/adafruit_bluefruit_connect/color_packet.py
+++ b/adafruit_bluefruit_connect/color_packet.py
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ def __init__(self, color):
     def parse_private(cls, packet):
         """Construct a ColorPacket from an incoming packet.
         Do not call this directly; call Packet.from_bytes() instead.
+        pylint makes it difficult to call this method _parse(), hence the name.
         """
         return cls(struct.unpack(cls._FMT_PARSE, packet))
 
diff --git a/adafruit_bluefruit_connect/packet.py b/adafruit_bluefruit_connect/packet.py
index 72ce294..9222224 100644
--- a/adafruit_bluefruit_connect/packet.py
+++ b/adafruit_bluefruit_connect/packet.py
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ def parse_private(cls, packet):
         is not correct.
 
         Do not call this directly. It's called from ``cls.from_bytes()``.
+        pylint makes it difficult to call this method _parse(), hence the name.
         """
         return cls(*struct.unpack(cls._FMT_PARSE, packet))