diff --git a/src/dynamodb_encryption_sdk/encrypted/__init__.py b/src/dynamodb_encryption_sdk/encrypted/__init__.py
index ec2051de..59784399 100644
--- a/src/dynamodb_encryption_sdk/encrypted/__init__.py
+++ b/src/dynamodb_encryption_sdk/encrypted/__init__.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def __attrs_post_init__(self):
         # type: () -> None
         """Make sure that primary index attributes are not being encrypted."""
         if self.encryption_context.partition_key_name is not None:
-            if self.attribute_actions.action(self.encryption_context.partition_key_name) is CryptoAction.ENCRYPT_AND_SIGN:
+            if self.attribute_actions.action(self.encryption_context.partition_key_name) is CryptoAction.ENCRYPT_AND_SIGN:  # noqa pylint: disable=line-too-long
                 raise InvalidArgumentError('Cannot encrypt partition key')
 
         if self.encryption_context.sort_key_name is not None:
diff --git a/src/dynamodb_encryption_sdk/encrypted/client.py b/src/dynamodb_encryption_sdk/encrypted/client.py
index a6edd29f..4f3237e2 100644
--- a/src/dynamodb_encryption_sdk/encrypted/client.py
+++ b/src/dynamodb_encryption_sdk/encrypted/client.py
@@ -146,11 +146,11 @@ class EncryptedClient(object):
     def __attrs_post_init__(self):
         """Set up the table info cache and translation methods."""
         if self._expect_standard_dictionaries:
-            self._encrypt_item = encrypt_python_item
-            self._decrypt_item = decrypt_python_item
+            self._encrypt_item = encrypt_python_item  # attrs confuses pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
+            self._decrypt_item = decrypt_python_item  # attrs confuses pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
         else:
-            self._encrypt_item = encrypt_dynamodb_item
-            self._decrypt_item = decrypt_dynamodb_item
+            self._encrypt_item = encrypt_dynamodb_item  # attrs confuses pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
+            self._decrypt_item = decrypt_dynamodb_item  # attrs confuses pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
         self._table_info_cache = TableInfoCache(  # attrs confuses pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
             client=self._client,
             auto_refresh_table_indexes=self._auto_refresh_table_indexes
@@ -217,7 +217,13 @@ def update_item(self, **kwargs):
         raise NotImplementedError('"update_item" is not yet implemented')
 
     def get_paginator(self, operation_name):
-        """"""
+        """Get a paginator from the underlying client. If the paginator requested is for
+        "scan" or "query", the paginator returned will transparently decrypt the returned items.
+
+        :param str operation_name: Name of operation for which to get paginator
+        :returns: Paginator for name
+        :rtype: Paginator or EncryptedPaginator
+        """
         paginator = self._client.get_paginator(operation_name)
 
         if operation_name in ('scan', 'query'):
diff --git a/src/dynamodb_encryption_sdk/encrypted/item.py b/src/dynamodb_encryption_sdk/encrypted/item.py
index fbbf6599..90049769 100644
--- a/src/dynamodb_encryption_sdk/encrypted/item.py
+++ b/src/dynamodb_encryption_sdk/encrypted/item.py
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ def encrypt_dynamodb_item(item, crypto_config):
         encrypted_item = item.copy()
     else:
         # Add the attribute encryption mode to the inner material description
-        # TODO: This is awkward...see if we can break this out any
         encryption_mode = MaterialDescriptionValues.CBC_PKCS5_ATTRIBUTE_ENCRYPTION.value
         inner_material_description[
             MaterialDescriptionKeys.ATTRIBUTE_ENCRYPTION_MODE.value
diff --git a/src/pylintrc b/src/pylintrc
index 43812946..c45b647c 100644
--- a/src/pylintrc
+++ b/src/pylintrc
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+[MESSAGES CONTROL]
+# Disabling messages that we either don't care about
+# for tests or are necessary to break for tests.
+#
+# R0801 : duplicate-code (causes lots of problems with implementations of common interfaces)
+disable = R0801
+
 [BASIC]
 # Allow function names up to 50 characters
 function-rgx = [a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,50}$