diff --git a/.github/actions/spelling/allow/Dockerfile.txt b/.github/actions/spelling/allow/Dockerfile.txt
index 60348227..bb490a92 100644
--- a/.github/actions/spelling/allow/Dockerfile.txt
+++ b/.github/actions/spelling/allow/Dockerfile.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,5 @@ nvq
 rdoc
 setuptools
 uninstall
-Jv
 wget
 WORKDIR
-xzf
diff --git a/.github/actions/spelling/allow/ghe-config-apply.sh.txt b/.github/actions/spelling/allow/ghe-config-apply.sh.txt
index c35c2e96..0570567b 100644
--- a/.github/actions/spelling/allow/ghe-config-apply.sh.txt
+++ b/.github/actions/spelling/allow/ghe-config-apply.sh.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-aef
 args
 pid
diff --git a/.github/actions/spelling/allow/words.txt b/.github/actions/spelling/allow/words.txt
index 0995f947..0e91754b 100644
--- a/.github/actions/spelling/allow/words.txt
+++ b/.github/actions/spelling/allow/words.txt
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ lfs
 libxml
 linted
 linting
-Lk
 loadbalancer
 localhost
 loglevel
diff --git a/.github/actions/spelling/patterns.txt b/.github/actions/spelling/patterns.txt
index 80fbc23b..56512e46 100644
--- a/.github/actions/spelling/patterns.txt
+++ b/.github/actions/spelling/patterns.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 https?:\S*
 # ignore long runs of a single character:
 ([A-Za-z])\1{3,}
+# Any CLI args (-xzf -aef)
+\ -\w+\b