diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index dc2606f9c..018dea9d1 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ jobs:
           name: check-code-style
           command: |
             python -m flake8 --show-source .
+      - run:
+          name: check-doc-strings-style
+          command: |
+            pydocstyle
 
   test-3.8: &test-template
     environment:
diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
index 8d65993a3..da1c0496d 100644
--- a/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/requirements-test.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ ruamel.yaml==0.15.89
 flake8==3.7.7
 pytest>=4.4
 pytest-subtests
+pydocstyle
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 5ae1d2acf..92ac1ecf8 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ description-file = README.md
 [bdist_wheel]
 python-tag = py3
 
+[pydocstyle]
+match = template_filters.py
+
 [flake8]
 max-line-length = 100
 exclude = mistune,doc/conf.py