diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4e0bd1d..7b66e9e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,10 +54,11 @@ plugins:
     # keep unicode characters
     allow_unicode: no
 
-    # skip files entirely
+    # skip files entirely (supports Unix shell-style wildcards)
     skip_files:
     - credits.md
     - coverage.md
+    - reference/* 
 
     # whether to only check in strict mode
     strict_only: yes
diff --git a/docs/known_words.txt b/docs/known_words.txt
index 1aa860f..846cb43 100644
--- a/docs/known_words.txt
+++ b/docs/known_words.txt
@@ -29,4 +29,7 @@ dataclass
 ahrens
 dev
 fr
-uv
\ No newline at end of file
+uv
+codespell
+mkdocs_spellcheck
+symspellpy
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/mkdocs_spellcheck/plugin.py b/src/mkdocs_spellcheck/plugin.py
index 7e8d666..ae56b39 100644
--- a/src/mkdocs_spellcheck/plugin.py
+++ b/src/mkdocs_spellcheck/plugin.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import fnmatch
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ def on_page_content(self, html: str, page: Page, **kwargs: Any) -> None:  # noqa
             page: The page instance.
             **kwargs: Additional arguments passed by MkDocs.
         """
-        if self.run and page.file.src_path not in self.skip_files:
+        if self.run and not any(fnmatch.fnmatch(page.file.src_path, pattern) for pattern in self.skip_files):
             words = get_words(
                 html,
                 known_words=self.known_words,