diff --git a/.cspell.yaml b/.cspell.yaml
index c375b3c6..effa7f7f 100644
--- a/.cspell.yaml
+++ b/.cspell.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 $schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/streetsidesoftware/cspell/main/cspell.schema.json
 version: 0.2
+files:
+  - '**/*.md'
+  - '**/*.mdx'
 dictionaries:
   - allowed
   - forbidden