diff --git a/packages/scripts/README.md b/packages/scripts/README.md
index 28b2a0236809e..28d5d1cf3d1b7 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/README.md
+++ b/packages/scripts/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ _Example:_
 		"lint:css": "wp-scripts lint-style",
 		"lint:js": "wp-scripts lint-js",
 		"lint:md:docs": "wp-scripts lint-md-docs",
-		"lint-md:js": "wp-scripts lint-md-js",
+		"lint:md:js": "wp-scripts lint-md-js",
 		"lint:pkg-json": "wp-scripts lint-pkg-json",
 		"packages-update": "wp-scripts packages-update",
 		"start": "wp-scripts start",
@@ -235,14 +235,14 @@ _Example:_
 ```json
 {
 	"scripts": {
-		"lint-md:docs": "wp-scripts lint-md-docs"
+		"lint:md:docs": "wp-scripts lint-md-docs"
 	}
 }
 ```
 
 This is how you execute the script with presented setup:
 
-* `npm run lint-md:docs` - lints markdown files in the entire project’s directories.
+* `npm run lint:md:docs` - lints markdown files in the entire project’s directories.
 
 By default, files located in `build` and `node_modules` folders are ignored.
 
@@ -259,14 +259,14 @@ _Example:_
 ```json
 {
 	"scripts": {
-		"lint-md:js": "wp-scripts lint-md-js"
+		"lint:md:js": "wp-scripts lint-md-js"
 	}
 }
 ```
 
 This is how you execute the script with presented setup:
 
-* `npm run lint-md:js` - lints markdown files in the entire project’s directories.
+* `npm run lint:md:js` - lints markdown files in the entire project’s directories.
 
 By default, files located in `build` and `node_modules` folders are ignored.
 
diff --git a/packages/scripts/scripts/lint-md-docs.js b/packages/scripts/scripts/lint-md-docs.js
index 69532986bb406..c2949985cb35c 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/scripts/lint-md-docs.js
+++ b/packages/scripts/scripts/lint-md-docs.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ const hasIgnoredFiles = hasArgInCLI( '--ignore' ) || hasArgInCLI( '-i' ) ||
 // markdownlint looks for .markdownlintignore in project direcotry, but how our
 // scripts work we store the configs in the scripts/config directory
 const defaultIgnoreArgs = ! hasIgnoredFiles ?
-	[ '--ignore', 'build', '--ignore', 'node_modules' ] :
+	[ '--ignore', '**/build/**', '--ignore', '**/node_modules/**' ] :
 	[];
 
 const result = spawn(