diff --git a/.coafile b/.coafile
index 4b4541e3d..f8c903d54 100644
--- a/.coafile
+++ b/.coafile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ bears = SpaceConsistencyBear
 [markdown]
 files = **.md
 bears = MarkdownBear
+max_line_length = 80
 
 [commits]
 bears = GitCommitBear
diff --git a/cEP-0019.md b/cEP-0019.md
index 21e6cf29f..1158a4cd0 100644
--- a/cEP-0019.md
+++ b/cEP-0019.md
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ make it much easier to give and receive feedback without a long comment thread.
 Those emoji are called
 [reactions](https://developer.github.com/v4/enum/reactioncontent/) on GitHub
 or [award emoji](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/award_emojis.html) on GitLab.
-They are used by people to publicly express their feelings about review comments,
-which provides feedback to comment authors and all other members.
+They are used by people to publicly express their feelings about review
+comments, which provides feedback to comment authors and all other members.
 
 GitLab is beyond the scope of this project, as GitHub and GitLab have quite
 different APIs and most core projects of coala are based on GitHub. This