diff --git a/scripts/bad-linebreaks-test.mjs b/scripts/bad-linebreaks-test.mjs
index 6bf1d4c4..f4a79d89 100644
--- a/scripts/bad-linebreaks-test.mjs
+++ b/scripts/bad-linebreaks-test.mjs
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ const afterMD = './scripts/test-samples/bad-linebreaks-sample-after.md';
 const beforeMD = './scripts/test-samples/bad-linebreaks-sample-before.md';
 
 // verify hash values to detect file tampering
-const knownAfterHash = 'c2b5b7cc30cf5d4ce28274848eeba743';
-const knownBeforeHash = 'c9cf57714ec19de2aeea68d45536b119';
+const knownAfterHash = '68c0dd4fcb1c19013abf770c035b855e';
+const knownBeforeHash = 'bb8c74dc4d1c661b8d233756c551b892';
 const afterHash = await getHashSlingingSlasher(afterMD);
 const beforeHash = await getHashSlingingSlasher(beforeMD);
 assert.strictEqual(afterHash, knownAfterHash);
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ let fixed, totalMatches;
 
 ({ fixed, totalMatches } = findBadStuff(beforeMD, true));
 assert.strictEqual(totalMatches.badLinebreaks, 12);
-assert.strictEqual(totalMatches.extraWhitespace, 28);
+assert.strictEqual(totalMatches.extraWhitespace, 34);
 assert.strictEqual(fixed, fs.readFileSync(afterMD, 'utf8').toString());
 
 ({ fixed, totalMatches } = findBadStuff(afterMD, true));
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ assert.strictEqual(fixed, fs.readFileSync(afterMD, 'utf8').toString());
 
 ({ fixed, totalMatches } = findBadStuff(beforeMD));
 assert.strictEqual(totalMatches.badLinebreaks, 12);
-assert.strictEqual(totalMatches.extraWhitespace, 28);
+assert.strictEqual(totalMatches.extraWhitespace, 34);
 
 function getHashSlingingSlasher(file) {  // 💀
   return new Promise((res, rej) => {
diff --git a/scripts/bad-linebreaks.mjs b/scripts/bad-linebreaks.mjs
index 9f3a43ad..d3e9f22c 100644
--- a/scripts/bad-linebreaks.mjs
+++ b/scripts/bad-linebreaks.mjs
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ import { glob } from 'glob';
 // import attributes when?
 const mdlintConfig = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('.markdownlint-cli2.jsonc', 'utf8').toString());
 
+// not exhaustive, just the types we care about
+const tokenTypeEnum = Object.freeze({
+  LIST: 'list',
+  PARAGRAPH: 'paragraph',
+});
+
 const reBadLinebreaks = /(?<=[\w\d ])\n(?=[\w\d ])/g;
 const reExtraWhitespace = /^ +| (?= )| +$/gm;
 
@@ -24,9 +30,15 @@ export function findBadStuff(file, fix = false) {
     const t = tokens[i];
     let tokenContent = t.raw;
 
-    if (t.type === 'paragraph') {
-      tokenContent = findBadLinebreaks(tokenContent, totalMatches, fix, file);
-      tokenContent = findExtraWhitespace(tokenContent, totalMatches, fix, file);
+    switch (t.type) {
+      case tokenTypeEnum.PARAGRAPH:
+        tokenContent = findBadLinebreaks(tokenContent, totalMatches, fix, file, t.type);
+        // falls through
+      case tokenTypeEnum.LIST:
+        tokenContent = findExtraWhitespace(tokenContent, totalMatches, fix, file, t.type);
+        break;
+      default:
+        // do nothing
     }
 
     // we don't need to build this array if `fix` is `false`, but this keeps complexity down
@@ -41,7 +53,7 @@ export function findBadStuff(file, fix = false) {
 
 }
 
-function findBadLinebreaks(tokenContent, totalMatches, fix, file) {
+function findBadLinebreaks(tokenContent, totalMatches, fix, file, tokenType) {
 
   const matches = Array.from(tokenContent.matchAll(reBadLinebreaks));
   totalMatches.badLinebreaks += matches.length;
@@ -61,14 +73,14 @@ function findBadLinebreaks(tokenContent, totalMatches, fix, file) {
     }
 
   } else if (matches.length > 0) {
-    console.error(`${file}\nfound paragraph with ${matches.length} erroneous linebreak(s):\n${tokenContent}\n`);
+    console.error(`${file}\nfound ${tokenType} with ${matches.length} erroneous linebreak(s):\n${tokenContent}\n`);
   }
 
   return tokenContent;
 
 }
 
-function findExtraWhitespace(tokenContent, totalMatches, fix, file) {
+function findExtraWhitespace(tokenContent, totalMatches, fix, file, tokenType) {
 
   const matches = Array.from(tokenContent.matchAll(reExtraWhitespace));
   const extraWhitespaceCharacters = matches.join('').length;
@@ -81,7 +93,7 @@ function findExtraWhitespace(tokenContent, totalMatches, fix, file) {
     }
 
   } else if (matches.length > 0) {
-    console.error(`${file}\nfound paragraph with ${extraWhitespaceCharacters} extra whitespace character(s):\n${tokenContent}\n`);
+    console.error(`${file}\nfound ${tokenType} with ${extraWhitespaceCharacters} extra whitespace character(s):\n${tokenContent}\n`);
   }
 
   return tokenContent;
diff --git a/scripts/test-samples/bad-linebreaks-sample-after.md b/scripts/test-samples/bad-linebreaks-sample-after.md
index ef824a26..0ce1eb20 100644
--- a/scripts/test-samples/bad-linebreaks-sample-after.md
+++ b/scripts/test-samples/bad-linebreaks-sample-after.md
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ let biscuits = "delicious";
 let biscuits = "delicious";
 ```
 
+- this is the first item in a list
+- second list item
+- third list item
+- For the «Nice PDF» Versions next steps will be taken to find a solution for next year.
+- something something something
+
 ## story time!
 
 True! nervous, very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses, not destroyed, not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How then am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily, how calmly I can tell you the whole story.
diff --git a/scripts/test-samples/bad-linebreaks-sample-before.md b/scripts/test-samples/bad-linebreaks-sample-before.md
index e3043594..20b6e702 100644
--- a/scripts/test-samples/bad-linebreaks-sample-before.md
+++ b/scripts/test-samples/bad-linebreaks-sample-before.md
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ let biscuits = "delicious";
 let biscuits = "delicious";
 ```
 
+- this is the first item in a list
+-   second list item
+-  third list item
+- For the  «Nice PDF» Versions next steps will be   taken to find a solution for next year.
+- something something something
+
 ## story time!
 
 True! nervous, very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses,  not destroyed,