diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/manage.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/manage.py
index 86d03b31..9de71376 100755
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/manage.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/manage.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         # issue is really that Django is missing to avoid masking other
         # exceptions on Python 2.
         try:
-            import django
+            import django  # noqa
         except ImportError:
             raise ImportError(
                 "Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and "