diff --git a/.pyspelling.yml b/.pyspelling.yml
index 9cecb98d5..e480886a1 100644
--- a/.pyspelling.yml
+++ b/.pyspelling.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@ matrix:
     - .wordlist.txt
     encoding: utf-8
   pipeline:
-  - pyspelling.filters.text:
-      convert_encoding: utf-8
+  - pyspelling.filters.context:
+      context_visible_first: true
+      delimiters:
+      # Ignore authors
+      - open: '(?s)^(?P<open> *## Authors)$'
+        close: '^(?P=open)(?P<contents>.*?)(?P<close> *## Known Issues)$'
   - pyspelling.filters.markdown:
       markdown_extensions:
       - markdown.extensions.extra:
@@ -21,6 +25,5 @@ matrix:
       - 'div'
       - 'pre'
       - 'code'
-      encoding: utf-8
   sources:
   - 'README.md'
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