There certainly are. The Google Developer Documentation Style Guide includes some (imo, non-exhaustive) examples of when to use the passive voice[1]: > To emph

There certainly are. The Google Developer Documentation Style Guide includes some (imo, non-exhaustive) examples of when to use the passive voice[1]: > To emphasize an object over an action. > To de-emphasize a subject or actor. > If your readers don't need to know who's responsible for the action. Sometimes you end up twisting yourself into knottier linguistic pretzels trying to make something active (for active's sake) instead of just using the passive voice deliberately. https://developers.google.com/style/voice#exceptions https://developers.google.com/style/voice#exceptions