diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 2705e71a6..2304b31fe 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ repos:
   rev: v2.4.1
   hooks:
   - id: codespell
-    args: ["-L", "sur,assertin,hep", "-w"]
+    args: ["-w"]
     exclude: ^docs/working-examples\.md$  # Autogenerated
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cb5ae27a6..601e384ef 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -231,3 +231,14 @@ ignore = ["PC170", "PP303"]
 
 [tool.check-wheel-contents]
 ignore = ["W002"]  # constraints-*.txt are allowed to be duplicates of one another
+
+[tool.codespell]
+ignore-words-list = [
+    "sur",
+    "assertin",
+]
+skip = [
+    '^docs/working-examples\.md',
+    'htmlcov',
+    'all_known_setup.yaml',
+]