diff --git a/pygmt/src/meca.py b/pygmt/src/meca.py
index 0c6b1d7b921..f9858fa8060 100644
--- a/pygmt/src/meca.py
+++ b/pygmt/src/meca.py
@@ -397,7 +397,8 @@ def meca(
     {perspective}
     {transparency}
     """
-    # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments,too-many-locals,too-many-branches,too-many-statements
+    # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments,too-many-locals,too-many-branches
+    # pylint: disable=too-many-statements
     kwargs = self._preprocess(**kwargs)  # pylint: disable=protected-access
 
     # Convert spec to pandas.DataFrame unless it's a file