diff --git a/python/correctness/check-is-none-explicitly.py b/python/correctness/check-is-none-explicitly.py
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+# ruleid: check-is-none-explicitly
+if record and record == 0:
+    print("hello, this will never happen")
+
+# ok: check-is-none-explicitly
+if record is not None and record == 0:
+    print("this is fine")
+
+# ruleid: check-is-none-explicitly
+if record.a and record.a == 0:
+    print("Not reachable")
+
+# ruleid: check-is-none-explicitly
+if record.a.get("H") and record.a["H"] == 0:
+    print("Not reachable")
+
+# ok: check-is-none-explicitly
+if record.a.get("I") and record.a["J"] == 0:
+    print("This is also fine")
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diff --git a/python/correctness/check-is-none-explicitly.yaml b/python/correctness/check-is-none-explicitly.yaml
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+rules:
+- id: check-is-none-explicitly
+  pattern-either:
+  - pattern: $X and $X == 0
+  - pattern: $X.get($FIELD) and $X[$FIELD] == 0
+  fix: ($X != None) and $X == 0
+  message: This expression will always return False because 0 is a false-y value.
+    So if $X is 0, then the first part of this expression will return False but if
+    it is not, the second part will return False. Perhaps you meant to check if $X
+    was None explicitly.
+  languages:
+  - python
+  severity: WARNING
+  metadata:
+    category: correctness
+    technology:
+    - none
+    references:
+    - https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/truthy-and-falsy-values-in-python/