diff --git a/code_style.md b/code_style.md
index 0462f3a4a9..4bd9cebffe 100644
--- a/code_style.md
+++ b/code_style.md
@@ -224,6 +224,10 @@ Unless otherwise specified, the following applies to all code:
         // ...
     }
     ```
+37. Avoid functions whose behaviour / return type varies with different parameter types.
+    Multiple return types are fine when appropriate (eg. SDKConfig.get() with a string param which
+    returns the type according to the param given) but SDKConfig.get() with no args returning the
+    whole config object is not: this could just be a separate function.
 
 ## React