diff --git a/doc/.vale/gitlab/FirstPerson.yml b/doc/.vale/gitlab/FirstPerson.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 091ef62a04c01257c7f1eddf69c2f5436947a7fb_ZG9jLy52YWxlL2dpdGxhYi9GaXJzdFBlcnNvbi55bWw=..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/doc/.vale/gitlab/FirstPerson.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
----
-# Warning: gitlab.FirstPerson
-#
-# Checks for use of first person pronouns.
-#
-# For a list of all options, see https://vale.sh/docs/topics/styles/
-extends: existence
-message: "Instead of '%s', speak directly to the reader. Use 'you' or re-write to remove."
-level: warning
-ignorecase: true
-link: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/documentation/styleguide/index.html
-tokens:
-  - '\bI[ ,;:?!"]|\bI\x27.{1,2}'
-  - me
-  - myself
-  - mine
diff --git a/doc/.vale/gitlab/Zip.yml b/doc/.vale/gitlab/Zip.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b9dd5b8eeb55b7ca154bb4a8b78340dc1c9a6183_ZG9jLy52YWxlL2dpdGxhYi9aaXAueW1s
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/.vale/gitlab/Zip.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+# Warning: gitlab.Zip
+#
+# Recommends all instances of something.zip be wrapped in backticks
+# due to the .zip top-level domain
+#
+# For a list of all options, see https://vale.sh/docs/topics/styles/
+extends: existence
+message: "Wrap '%s' in backticks to prevent unintentional links to .zip domain names."
+link: 'https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/documentation/styleguide/index.md#backticks-in-markdown'
+nonword: true
+level: error
+ignorecase: true
+tokens:
+  - '\b\w*\.zip'
diff --git a/doc/.vale/gitlab/spelling-exceptions.txt b/doc/.vale/gitlab/spelling-exceptions.txt
index 091ef62a04c01257c7f1eddf69c2f5436947a7fb_ZG9jLy52YWxlL2dpdGxhYi9zcGVsbGluZy1leGNlcHRpb25zLnR4dA==..b9dd5b8eeb55b7ca154bb4a8b78340dc1c9a6183_ZG9jLy52YWxlL2dpdGxhYi9zcGVsbGluZy1leGNlcHRpb25zLnR4dA== 100644
--- a/doc/.vale/gitlab/spelling-exceptions.txt
+++ b/doc/.vale/gitlab/spelling-exceptions.txt
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@
 Contentful
 Corosync
 corpuses
+Cosign
 Coursier
 CPU
 CPUs
@@ -374,6 +375,7 @@
 FreshBooks
 frontend
 Fugit
+Fulcio
 fuzzer
 fuzzing
 Gantt
@@ -516,6 +518,7 @@
 Kubesec
 Kucoin
 Kustomize
+Kustomization
 kwargs
 Laravel
 LaunchDarkly
@@ -785,6 +788,7 @@
 reindexing
 reinitialize
 reinitializing
+Rekor
 relicensing
 remediations
 renderers
@@ -879,6 +883,7 @@
 Shippo
 Shopify
 Sidekiq
+Sigstore
 Silverlight
 Sisense
 Sitespeed