diff --git a/scripts/check-docs-quality.js b/scripts/check-docs-quality.js
index ac9db65b40..9c7f444033 100755
--- a/scripts/check-docs-quality.js
+++ b/scripts/check-docs-quality.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ const IGNORED = [
   /^.*[/\\]CHANGELOG\.md$/,
   /^.*[/\\]api-report\.md$/,
   /^docs[/\\]releases[/\\].*-changelog\.md$/,
+  /^docs[/\\]reference[/\\]/,
 ];
 
 const rootDir = resolvePath(__dirname, '..');
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ async function listFiles(dir = '') {
 // caused by the script. In CI, we want to ensure vale linter is run.
 async function exitIfMissingVale() {
   try {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
     await require('command-exists')('vale');
   } catch (e) {
     if (process.env.CI) {
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ async function exitIfMissingVale() {
 async function runVale(files) {
   const result = spawnSync(
     'vale',
-    ['--config', resolvePath(rootDir, '.github/vale/config.ini'), ...files],
+    ['--config', resolvePath(rootDir, '.vale.ini'), ...files],
     {
       stdio: 'inherit',
     },