diff --git a/.github/workflows/codespell.yaml b/.github/workflows/codespell.yaml
index 353ca1a0f..67b6bc6f3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codespell.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codespell.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: codespell
         uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@master
         with:
-          skip: .git,*.png,*.jpg,*.svg,*.sum
+          # LICENSE: skip file because codespell wants to flag complies, which we may want to flag
+          # in other places, so ignore the file itself assuming it is correct
+          # crds.yaml, resources.yaml: CRD files are fully generated from content we control (should
+          # be flagged elsewhere) and content we don't control (can't fix easily), so ignore
+          skip: .git,*.png,*.jpg,*.svg,*.sum,./LICENSE,./deploy/examples/crds.yaml,./deploy/charts/rook-ceph/templates/resources.yaml
           # aks: Amazon Kubernetes Service
           # keyserver: flag to apt-key
           # atleast: codespell wants to flag any 'AtLeast' method
@@ -40,6 +44,7 @@ jobs:
           # te: udev persistent naming test in pkg/daemon/ceph/osd/daemon_test.go
           # parm: modinfo parameter
           # assigment: inherited from K8s TopologySpreadConstraints dependency
-          ignore_words_list: aks,keyserver,atleast,ser,ist,ba,iam,te,parm,assigment
+          # ro, RO: means read-only
+          ignore_words_list: aks,keyserver,atleast,ser,ist,ba,iam,te,parm,assigment,ro,RO
           check_filenames: true
           check_hidden: true
diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/object/objectstore_test.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/object/objectstore_test.go
index fd2ddf838..95538d7a2 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/object/objectstore_test.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/object/objectstore_test.go
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ func TestUpdateZoneEndpointList(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			true, false,
 		},
-		{"new endpoint list contains muliple different endpoints from existing list containing single zone",
+		{"new endpoint list contains multiple different endpoints from existing list containing single zone",
 			args{
 				zones:            []zoneType{{Name: "zone-1", Endpoints: []string{"http://rgw-endpoint-1", "http://rgw-endpoint-2"}}},
 				zoneEndpointList: []string{"http://rgw-endpoint-3", "http://rgw-endpoint-4"},