diff --git a/.vale.ini b/.vale.ini
--- a/.vale.ini
+++ b/.vale.ini
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 [*.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