diff --git a/.markdownlint.yml b/.markdownlint.yml
index b3767439c635bc2c4834ee39cfd97485a70b9ca8..e9d8d3e8f68e091469349a11eb3ae652698a01f1 100644
--- a/.markdownlint.yml
+++ b/.markdownlint.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-{
-  "default": true,
-  "MD003": { "style": "atx_closed" },
-  "MD029": { "style": ""ordered" },
-}
+all
+# our changelog does this, by design
+# exclude_rule 'MD003'
+# default in next version, remove then
+#   "MD003": { "style": "atx_closed" 
+# rule 'MD007', :indent => 3
+rule 'MD029', :style => :ordered