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diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index b0096a4460..dde3f5f9d9 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1320,6 +1320,16 @@ sub process {
my $herevet = "$here\n" . cat_vet($rawline) . "\n";
ERROR("DOS line endings\n" . $herevet);
+ } elsif ($realfile =~ /^docs\/.+\.txt/ ||
+ $realfile =~ /^docs\/.+\.md/) {
+ if ($rawline =~ /^\+\s+$/ && $rawline !~ /^\+ {4}$/) {
+ # TODO: properly check we're in a code block
+ # (surrounding text is 4-column aligned)
+ my $herevet = "$here\n" . cat_vet($rawline) . "\n";
+ ERROR("code blocks in documentation should have " .
+ "empty lines with exactly 4 columns of " .
+ "whitespace\n" . $herevet);
+ }
} elsif ($rawline =~ /^\+.*\S\s+$/ || $rawline =~ /^\+\s+$/) {
my $herevet = "$here\n" . cat_vet($rawline) . "\n";
ERROR("trailing whitespace\n" . $herevet);