diff --git a/.spellcheck.yaml b/.spellcheck.yaml
index 1e5566a2..c1615209 100644
--- a/.spellcheck.yaml
+++ b/.spellcheck.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ matrix:
       context_visible_first: true
       delimiters:
       # ReST code blocks
-      - open: '^.{2} code-block'
+      - open: '^.{2}[ ]+code-block'
         close: '^[^\s]'
       # Manual disabling via: #spellcheck-disable
       - open : '^ *<!-- *spellcheck-disable *-->$'