[Python] Number of arguments was 3 and is now 3 -- Strange Pylint(W0221:arguments-differ) on...

When I try to override the logging behaviour in my BaseHTTPRequestHandler-subclass like this:

from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler

class MyHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):

def log_message(self, fmt, *args):
pass


I get this warning

"Number of parameters was 3 in 'BaseHTTPRequestHandler.log_message' and is now 3 in overriding 'MyHandler.log_message' method Pylint(W0221:arguments-differ)"
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This is strange because the number of arguments is obviously correct, as the message itself states. Is the varargs (*args) causing a problem with inheritance here?

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