diff --git a/changes/759.misc.md b/changes/759.misc.md
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Link checking rules were updated.
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 3163974d..60bdde35 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ commands =
     !lint-!all-!live-!en : build_md_translations {posargs} en --source-code=stubs
     lint : pyspelling
     # cppreference has added a Cloudflare robot check.
-    lint : markdown-checker --dir {[docs]docs_dir} --func check_broken_urls --skip-domains=https://en.cppreference.com/
+    # Github has an aggressive rate limiters
+    lint : markdown-checker --dir {[docs]docs_dir} --func check_broken_urls --skip-urls-containing=https://en.cppreference.com/,https://github.com/beeware,https://github.com/python/cpython
     live : live_serve_en {posargs} src stubs --source-code=stubs --port=8040
     all : build_md_translations {posargs} en --source-code=stubs
     en : build_md_translations {posargs} en --source-code=stubs