diff --git a/docs/vale-styles/3rd-party-products/aws-vs-amazon.yml b/docs/vale-styles/3rd-party-products/aws-vs-amazon.yml
index c52b383736a42..ee31641ada6cf 100644
--- a/docs/vale-styles/3rd-party-products/aws-vs-amazon.yml
+++ b/docs/vale-styles/3rd-party-products/aws-vs-amazon.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #   /^AWS /{ print gensub(/AWS (.*)/,"  \"Amazon \\1\"","1") ": " $0}'
 extends: substitution
 message: "Incorrect AWS product name. Use %s instead of %s."
-scope: raw
 level: warning
 ignorecase: true
 swap:
diff --git a/docs/vale-styles/examples/teleport-accounts.yml b/docs/vale-styles/examples/teleport-accounts.yml
index 1b487a3398dee..dd5d49e21136b 100644
--- a/docs/vale-styles/examples/teleport-accounts.yml
+++ b/docs/vale-styles/examples/teleport-accounts.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 extends: substitution
 message: "Incorrect example of a Teleport account URL. Use %s instead of %s."
-level: error
+scope: raw # So we can catch instances in code fences
+level: warning
 scope:
- - raw
 ignorecase: true
 swap:
   - 'https://(?!status|example)\w+.teleport\.sh': 'example.teleport.sh (or status.teleport.sh for the status page)'
diff --git a/docs/vale-styles/messaging/capitalization.yml b/docs/vale-styles/messaging/capitalization.yml
index 5e96accb7a5fa..214045a982528 100644
--- a/docs/vale-styles/messaging/capitalization.yml
+++ b/docs/vale-styles/messaging/capitalization.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ scope:
   - list
   - paragraph
 message: "Capitalize the names of Teleport services and features (%s is incorrect). See the Core Concepts page (https://goteleport.com/docs/core-concepts/) for a reference."
-level: error
+level: warning
 ignorecase: false
 tokens:
   # Allow for mentions of a local proxy service, but not "proxy service".
diff --git a/docs/vale-styles/messaging/consistent-terms.yml b/docs/vale-styles/messaging/consistent-terms.yml
index 027c0c59f2e18..95aea349b7cd1 100644
--- a/docs/vale-styles/messaging/consistent-terms.yml
+++ b/docs/vale-styles/messaging/consistent-terms.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ scope:
   - list
   - paragraph
 message: For consistent product messaging in the docs, use '%s' instead of '%s'.
-level: error
+level: warning
 # Ignoring case because this rule is about word choice, rather than its
 # presentation/format.
 ignorecase: true
diff --git a/docs/vale-styles/messaging/protocol-products.yml b/docs/vale-styles/messaging/protocol-products.yml
index 45a0348f8ade9..2515b2975a3f6 100644
--- a/docs/vale-styles/messaging/protocol-products.yml
+++ b/docs/vale-styles/messaging/protocol-products.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 extends: existence
 message: Avoid the impression that Teleport consists of multiple products for secure access, e.g., "Database Access" or "Server Access". Instead, talk about enrolling resources in your Teleport cluster, protecting resources with Teleport, or the ability for Teleport to proxy various protocols.
-level: error
+level: warning
 ignorecase: false
 tokens:
   - 'Server Access'
diff --git a/docs/vale-styles/structure/architecture-h2.yml b/docs/vale-styles/structure/architecture-h2.yml
index 4889bd4aaf96d..297571def5150 100644
--- a/docs/vale-styles/structure/architecture-h2.yml
+++ b/docs/vale-styles/structure/architecture-h2.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # This style defines a how-to guide as any guide that includes at least one H2
 # beginning "Step [0-9]". 
 extends: script
-level: error
+level: warning
 message: "In a how-to guide, the first H2-level section must be called `## How it works`. Use this section to include 1-3 paragraphs that describe the high-level architecture of the setup shown in the guide, i.e., which infrastructure components are involved and how they communicate. If there is already architectural information in the guide, include it in a `## How it works` section."
 scope: raw
 script: |