diff --git a/.coderabbit.config.ts b/.coderabbit.config.ts
index fb2d5aaecaa201e7f1e20e41d07a8baa12c3eabf..9f7291f479cfdaa0c30c1d60dd722d97fce3d8e2 100644
--- a/.coderabbit.config.ts
+++ b/.coderabbit.config.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ export default defineConfig({
     auto_review: {
       enabled: true,
     },
+    pre_merge_checks: {
+      docstrings: { mode: "off" },
+    },
     path_filters: [
       // Vendored read-only reference checkouts of upstream Effect and Alchemy
       // (see scripts/lib/reference-repos.ts). Nothing imports from them.