diff --git a/docs/vale-styles/messaging/edition-names.yml b/docs/vale-styles/messaging/edition-names.yml
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-extends: existence
-scope:
-  # Using the raw scope so we can catch instances in TabItem labels.
-  - raw
-message: '"%s" is no longer a recognized Teleport edition. Use "Teleport Enterprise (Self-Hosted)" or "Teleport Enterprise (Cloud)" instead. If the hosting type is not important in a given sentence, there is no need to specify it, and you can use "Teleport Enterprise".'
-level: error
-ignorecase: false
-tokens:
-  # Adding the pattern '[ \t]*\n?[ \t]*' between each word since we are using the raw
-  # scope. This lets use catch violations that span two lines (i.e., that occupy
-  # the same paragraph).
-  - 'Teleport[ \t]*\n?[ \t]*Cloud'
-  - 'Teleport[ \t]*\n?[ \t]*Enterprise[ \t]*\n?[ \t]*Cloud'
diff --git a/docs/vale-styles/messaging/subjective-terms.yml b/docs/vale-styles/messaging/subjective-terms.yml
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-extends: existence
-link: "https://github.com/gravitational/docs/blob/main/docs-contributors/style-guide.md#voice"
-message: "Avoid using '%s' as a qualifier, since it is subject to interpretation. Use more technically precise terms instead."
-level: error
-ignorecase: true
-tokens:
-  - "powerful(ly)?"
-  - "seamless(ly)?"
-  - "simpl(e|ly)"
-  - "smooth(ly)?"
-  - "quick(ly)?"
-  - "fast"
-  - "eas(y|ily)"
-  - "rich(ly)?"