diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 72fa2a77..bfaac440 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -154,3 +154,7 @@ module = [
   "securesystemslib.*",
 ]
 ignore_missing_imports = "True"
+
+[tool.pydocstyle]
+inherit = false
+ignore = "D400,D415,D213,D205,D202,D107,D407,D413,D212,D104,D406,D105,D411,D401,D200,D203"
diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
index 42edd73a..0dc08cbe 100644
--- a/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/requirements-test.txt
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ isort==5.11.4
 pylint==2.16.1
 mypy==0.991
 bandit==1.7.4
+pydocstyle==6.3.0
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index b3e243b7..95205e5c 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ commands =
 
     bandit -r tuf
 
+    pydocstyle tuf
+
 [testenv:docs]
 deps =
     -r{toxinidir}/requirements-docs.txt
diff --git a/tuf/api/metadata.py b/tuf/api/metadata.py
index 2f40499c..b2e64ddf 100644
--- a/tuf/api/metadata.py
+++ b/tuf/api/metadata.py
@@ -817,7 +817,8 @@ def revoke_key(self, keyid: str, role: str) -> None:
     def get_delegated_role(self, delegated_role: str) -> Role:
         """Return the role object for the given delegated role.
 
-        Raises ValueError if delegated_role is not actually delegated."""
+        Raises ValueError if delegated_role is not actually delegated.
+        """
         if delegated_role not in self.roles:
             raise ValueError(f"Delegated role {delegated_role} not found")
 
@@ -826,7 +827,8 @@ def get_delegated_role(self, delegated_role: str) -> Role:
     def get_key(self, keyid: str) -> Key:
         """Return the key object for the given keyid.
 
-        Raises ValueError if key is not found."""
+        Raises ValueError if key is not found.
+        """
         if keyid not in self.keys:
             raise ValueError(f"Key {keyid} not found")
 
@@ -1897,7 +1899,8 @@ def revoke_key(self, keyid: str, role: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
     def get_delegated_role(self, delegated_role: str) -> Role:
         """Return the role object for the given delegated role.
 
-        Raises ValueError if delegated_role is not actually delegated."""
+        Raises ValueError if delegated_role is not actually delegated.
+        """
         if self.delegations is None:
             raise ValueError("No delegations found")
 
@@ -1914,7 +1917,8 @@ def get_delegated_role(self, delegated_role: str) -> Role:
     def get_key(self, keyid: str) -> Key:
         """Return the key object for the given keyid.
 
-        Raises ValueError if keyid is not found."""
+        Raises ValueError if keyid is not found.
+        """
         if self.delegations is None:
             raise ValueError("No delegations found")
         if keyid not in self.delegations.keys: