diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d7f8f8f4..55ea2058 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ cache:
 - cargo
 before_install:
 - shopt -s globstar
-- MAX_LINE_LENGTH=80 bash ci/check_line_lengths.sh src/**/*.md
+- MAX_LINE_LENGTH=100 bash ci/check_line_lengths.sh src/**/*.md
 install:
 - source ~/.cargo/env || true
 - bash ci/install.sh
diff --git a/ci/check_line_lengths.sh b/ci/check_line_lengths.sh
index 91f199b7..5b7b12d3 100755
--- a/ci/check_line_lengths.sh
+++ b/ci/check_line_lengths.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 if [ "$1" == "--help" ]; then
     echo 'Usage:'
-    echo '  MAX_LINE_LENGTH=80' "$0" 'src/**/*.md'
+    echo '  MAX_LINE_LENGTH=100' "$0" 'src/**/*.md'
     exit 1
 fi