diff --git a/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/HeadingCapitalization.yml b/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/HeadingCapitalization.yml
index a6b80b9d..d0fd802e 100644
--- a/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/HeadingCapitalization.yml
+++ b/.github/vale/styles/OpenSearch/HeadingCapitalization.yml
@@ -6,5 +6,7 @@ match: $sentence
 threshold: 1
 indicators:
   - ":"
+  - "."
+  - ")"
 exceptions:
   - k    # ignores lowercase k-NN
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/vale/tests/test-headings.md b/.github/vale/tests/test-headings.md
index 6991caf1..7d16ca15 100644
--- a/.github/vale/tests/test-headings.md
+++ b/.github/vale/tests/test-headings.md
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
 
 ---
 
+# 1. This should not be flagged
+
+---
+
 # Example: should be flagged
 
 ---
diff --git a/.vale.ini b/.vale.ini
index 2b195b4d..c339995b 100644
--- a/.vale.ini
+++ b/.vale.ini
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ OpenSearch.FailoverNoun = YES
 OpenSearch.FailoverVerb = YES
 OpenSearch.FutureTense = NO
 OpenSearch.HeadingAcronyms = YES
-OpenSearch.HeadingCapitalization = YES
+OpenSearch.HeadingCapitalization = NO
 OpenSearch.HeadingColon = YES
 OpenSearch.HeadingPunctuation = YES
 OpenSearch.Inclusive = YES