diff --git a/doc/tinygit.txt b/doc/tinygit.txt
index dd2becc..703a363 100644
--- a/doc/tinygit.txt
+++ b/doc/tinygit.txt
@@ -206,15 +206,19 @@ The `setup` call is optional. These are the default settings:
             -- in this message. `false` to disallow empty commit messages.
             emptyFillIn = "chore", ---@type string|false
     
-            -- disallow commit messages without a conventinal commit keyword
+            -- disallow commit messages without a conventional commit keyword
             enforceConvCommits = {
-                enabled = true,
+                enabled = false,
                 -- stylua: ignore
                 keywords = {
                     "chore", "build", "test", "fix", "feat", "refactor", "perf",
                     "style", "revert", "ci", "docs", "break", "improv",
                 },
             },
+    
+            -- enable vim's builtin spellcheck for the commit message input field
+            -- (configured to ignore capitalization and correctly consider camelCase)
+            spellcheck = false, 
         },
         asyncOpConfirmationSound = true, -- currently macOS only
         issueIcons = {