diff --git a/.vale.ini b/.vale.ini
index 29d5c627a5..872d1fc1d8 100644
--- a/.vale.ini
+++ b/.vale.ini
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ write-good.Weasel = NO # too arbitrary
 # Vale.Avoid = NO
 Vale.Repetition = NO # replaced by good-write.Illusions which has an adjustable error level
 Vale.Spelling = NO # replaced by Fly.Spelling
-# Vale.Terms = NO
+Vale.Terms = NO # noisy false positives: enforces vocab-term casing even inside code, and prints raw regex vocab entries as suggested fixes
 
 [formats]
 markerb = md # maps our markerb file extension to md for linting