diff --git a/.vale.ini b/.vale.ini
index 4060ac02bb..46d3593082 100644
--- a/.vale.ini
+++ b/.vale.ini
@@ -1,42 +1,43 @@
 StylesPath = .vale/styles
 MinAlertLevel = suggestion
 
 [asciidoctor]
 # enable
 experimental = YES
 
 # assign a specific value
 attribute-missing = drop
 
 [*.adoc]
 BasedOnStyles = FreeBSD, Vale
+BlockIgnores = (?s) *(\[\.programlisting\]\n\.{4}.*?\.{4})
 
 [website/content/{bn-bd,da,de,el,es,fr,hu,id,it,ja,ko,mn,nl,pl,pt-br,ru,tr,zh-cn,zh-tw}/**/*.adoc]
 BasedOnStyles = FreeBSD, Vale
 FreeBSD.BrandTerms = NO
 FreeBSD.ConsciousLanguage = NO
 FreeBSD.Contractions = NO
 FreeBSD.Hang = NO
 FreeBSD.Hyphens = NO
 FreeBSD.Repitition = NO
 FreeBSD.SemanticLineBreak = NO
 FreeBSD.Spacing = NO
 FreeBSD.Weasel = NO
 Vale.Avoid= NO
 Vale.Spelling = NO
 Vale.Terms= NO
 
 [documentation/content/{bn-bd,da,de,el,es,fr,hu,id,it,ja,ko,mn,nl,pl,pt-br,ru,tr,zh-cn,zh-tw}/**/*.adoc]
 BasedOnStyles = FreeBSD, Vale
 FreeBSD.BrandTerms = NO
 FreeBSD.ConsciousLanguage = NO
 FreeBSD.Contractions = NO
 FreeBSD.Hang = NO
 FreeBSD.Hyphens = NO
 FreeBSD.Repitition = NO
 FreeBSD.SemanticLineBreak = NO
 FreeBSD.Spacing = NO
 FreeBSD.Weasel = NO
 Vale.Avoid= NO
 Vale.Spelling = NO
 Vale.Terms= NO