diff --git a/.README/rules/require-description-complete-sentence.md b/.README/rules/require-description-complete-sentence.md
index de40b123a..ef0875c4a 100644
--- a/.README/rules/require-description-complete-sentence.md
+++ b/.README/rules/require-description-complete-sentence.md
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ Requires that block description, explicit `@description`, and
 
 * Description must start with an uppercase alphabetical character.
 * Paragraphs must start with an uppercase alphabetical character.
-* Sentences must end with a period.
+* Sentences must end with a period, question mark, exclamation mark, or triple backticks.
 * Every line in a paragraph (except the first) which starts with an uppercase
   character must be preceded by a line ending with a period.
 * A colon or semi-colon followed by two line breaks is still part of the
   containing paragraph (unlike normal dual line breaks).
-* Text within inline tags `{...}` are not checked for sentence divisions.
+* Text within inline tags `{...}` or within triple backticks are not checked for sentence divisions.
 * Periods after items within the `abbreviations` option array are not treated
   as sentence endings.
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3899b1ee7..d8e32c438 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10911,12 +10911,12 @@ Requires that block description, explicit `@description`, and
 
 * Description must start with an uppercase alphabetical character.
 * Paragraphs must start with an uppercase alphabetical character.
-* Sentences must end with a period.
+* Sentences must end with a period, question mark, exclamation mark, or triple backticks.
 * Every line in a paragraph (except the first) which starts with an uppercase
   character must be preceded by a line ending with a period.
 * A colon or semi-colon followed by two line breaks is still part of the
   containing paragraph (unlike normal dual line breaks).
-* Text within inline tags `{...}` are not checked for sentence divisions.
+* Text within inline tags `{...}` or within triple backticks are not checked for sentence divisions.
 * Periods after items within the `abbreviations` option array are not treated
   as sentence endings.