diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index 7a4e3ab73..70ff48e78 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 branch = True
 
 [report]
-omit = *contrib*, *tnetstring*, *platform*, *console*
+omit = *contrib*, *tnetstring*, *platform*, *console*, *main.py
 include = *libmproxy*
diff --git a/libmproxy/main.py b/libmproxy/main.py
index ffa012d3f..e5b7f56b2 100644
--- a/libmproxy/main.py
+++ b/libmproxy/main.py
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ from .proxy import process_proxy_options, ProxyServerError
 from .proxy.server import DummyServer, ProxyServer
 
 
+# This file is not included in coverage analysis or tests - anything that can be
+# tested should live elsewhere.
+
 def check_versions():
     """
     Having installed a wrong version of pyOpenSSL or netlib is unfortunately a