diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a7ba2794..bc7b1ee6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ formatting.
 | proto | [protoc-gen-lint](https://github.com/ckaznocha/protoc-gen-lint) |
 | Pug | [pug-lint](https://github.com/pugjs/pug-lint) |
 | Puppet | [languageserver](https://github.com/lingua-pupuli/puppet-editor-services), [puppet](https://puppet.com), [puppet-lint](https://puppet-lint.com) |
-| Python | [autopep8](https://github.com/hhatto/autopep8), [black](https://github.com/ambv/black), [flake8](http://flake8.pycqa.org/en/latest/), [isort](https://github.com/timothycrosley/isort), [mypy](http://mypy-lang.org/), [prospector](http://github.com/landscapeio/prospector), [pycodestyle](https://github.com/PyCQA/pycodestyle), [pyls](https://github.com/palantir/python-language-server), [pyre](https://github.com/facebook/pyre-check), [pylint](https://www.pylint.org/) !!, [vulture](https://github.com/jendrikseipp/vulture), [yapf](https://github.com/google/yapf) |
+| Python | [autopep8](https://github.com/hhatto/autopep8), [black](https://github.com/ambv/black), [flake8](http://flake8.pycqa.org/en/latest/), [isort](https://github.com/timothycrosley/isort), [mypy](http://mypy-lang.org/), [prospector](http://github.com/landscapeio/prospector), [pycodestyle](https://github.com/PyCQA/pycodestyle), [pyls](https://github.com/palantir/python-language-server), [pyre](https://github.com/facebook/pyre-check), [pylint](https://www.pylint.org/) !!, [vulture](https://github.com/jendrikseipp/vulture) !!, [yapf](https://github.com/google/yapf) |
 | QML | [qmlfmt](https://github.com/jesperhh/qmlfmt), [qmllint](https://github.com/qt/qtdeclarative/tree/5.11/tools/qmllint) |
 | R | [lintr](https://github.com/jimhester/lintr) |
 | ReasonML | [merlin](https://github.com/the-lambda-church/merlin) see `:help ale-reasonml-ols` for configuration instructions, [ols](https://github.com/freebroccolo/ocaml-language-server), [refmt](https://github.com/reasonml/reason-cli) |
diff --git a/ale_linters/python/vulture.vim b/ale_linters/python/vulture.vim
index bff7d623..80828013 100644
--- a/ale_linters/python/vulture.vim
+++ b/ale_linters/python/vulture.vim
@@ -81,4 +81,5 @@ call ale#linter#Define('python', {
 \   'executable_callback': 'ale_linters#python#vulture#GetExecutable',
 \   'command_callback': 'ale_linters#python#vulture#GetCommand',
 \   'callback': 'ale_linters#python#vulture#Handle',
+\   'lint_file': 1,
 \})
diff --git a/doc/ale.txt b/doc/ale.txt
index 24f57424..15a20469 100644
--- a/doc/ale.txt
+++ b/doc/ale.txt
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ Notes:
 * proto: `protoc-gen-lint`
 * Pug: `pug-lint`
 * Puppet: `languageserver`, `puppet`, `puppet-lint`
-* Python: `autopep8`, `black`, `flake8`, `isort`, `mypy`, `prospector`, `pycodestyle`, `pyls`, `pyre`, `pylint`!!, `vulture`, `yapf`
+* Python: `autopep8`, `black`, `flake8`, `isort`, `mypy`, `prospector`, `pycodestyle`, `pyls`, `pyre`, `pylint`!!, `vulture`!!, `yapf`
 * QML: `qmlfmt`, `qmllint`
 * R: `lintr`
 * ReasonML: `merlin`, `ols`, `refmt`