diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 3371148f1..bce126c20 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ repos:
     rev: 7.0.0  # The version of flake8 to use
     hooks:
     -  id: flake8
-       exclude: ^litellm/proxy/tests/
+       exclude: ^litellm/tests/|^litellm/proxy/tests/
        additional_dependencies: [flake8-print]
        files: litellm/.*\.py
 -   repo: local
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_completion.py b/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
index 151b7608d..2a2de8cc1 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
@@ -1426,7 +1426,7 @@ def test_hf_test_completion_tgi():
                 messages=[{"content": "Hello, how are you?", "role": "user"}],
                 max_tokens=10,
             )
-            # Add any assertions here to check the response
+            # Add any assertions-here to check the response
             print(response)
     except litellm.ServiceUnavailableError as e:
         pass