diff --git a/detect_secrets/core/potential_secret.py b/detect_secrets/core/potential_secret.py
index 96ecc08a2..a48d33ea6 100644
--- a/detect_secrets/core/potential_secret.py
+++ b/detect_secrets/core/potential_secret.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def __init__(
     ):
         """
         :type typ: str
-        :param typ: human-readable secret types, defined by the plugins
+        :param typ: human-readable secret type, defined by the plugin
                     that generated this PotentialSecret.
                     e.g. "High Entropy String"
 
diff --git a/detect_secrets/plugins/keyword.py b/detect_secrets/plugins/keyword.py
index d5d067af1..cfe723d53 100644
--- a/detect_secrets/plugins/keyword.py
+++ b/detect_secrets/plugins/keyword.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 from .base import BasePlugin
 from detect_secrets.core.potential_secret import PotentialSecret
+from detect_secrets.plugins.core.constants import WHITELIST_REGEX
 
 
 BLACKLIST = (
@@ -51,6 +52,9 @@ class KeywordDetector(BasePlugin):
     def analyze_string(self, string, line_num, filename):
         output = {}
 
+        if WHITELIST_REGEX.search(string):
+            return output
+
         for identifier in self.secret_generator(string.lower()):
             secret = PotentialSecret(
                 self.secret_type,
diff --git a/test_data/files/file_with_secrets.py b/test_data/files/file_with_secrets.py
index eeaaa5707..802a99100 100644
--- a/test_data/files/file_with_secrets.py
+++ b/test_data/files/file_with_secrets.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 # Will change this later.
-SUPER_SECRET_VALUE = 'c3VwZXIgbG9uZyBzdHJpbmcgc2hvdWxkIGNhdXNlIGVub3VnaCBlbnRyb3B5'
+SUPER_SEECRET_VALUE = 'c3VwZXIgbG9uZyBzdHJpbmcgc2hvdWxkIGNhdXNlIGVub3VnaCBlbnRyb3B5'
 VERY_SECRET_TOO = 'f6CGV4aMM9zedoh3OUNbSakBymo7yplB'  # pragma: whitelist secret
 
 
diff --git a/test_data/short_files/first_line.py b/test_data/short_files/first_line.py
index ae20b49c3..9b1d12e67 100644
--- a/test_data/short_files/first_line.py
+++ b/test_data/short_files/first_line.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-secret = 'BEEF0123456789a'
+seecret = 'BEEF0123456789a'
 skipped_sequential_false_positive = '0123456789a'
 print('second line')
 var = 'third line'
diff --git a/tests/main_test.py b/tests/main_test.py
index 482e7e116..8f936a4c6 100644
--- a/tests/main_test.py
+++ b/tests/main_test.py
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ def test_old_baseline_ignored_with_update_flag(
             (
                 'test_data/short_files/first_line.py',
                 textwrap.dedent("""
-                    1:secret = 'BEEF0123456789a'
+                    1:seecret = 'BEEF0123456789a'
                     2:skipped_sequential_false_positive = '0123456789a'
                     3:print('second line')
                     4:var = 'third line'