diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a0d400d31d8e0b1a5ddfc1367e2627be54e11dab..fbdc6ae19ac2455ae32faf379b58d05abc8f5664 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ two spaces:
   - echo "== Files having more than one space betwee two characters =="
   - find docs.it4i/ -name '*.md' ! -path "docs.it4i/software*" -exec grep -nr "[[:alpha:]]  [[:alpha:]]" {} +
   script:
-  - find docs.it4i/ -name '*.md' -exec grep "[[:alpha:]]  [[:alpha:]]" -l {} + | grep docs.it4i/ -v
+  - find docs.it4i/ -name '*.md' ! -path "docs.it4i/software*" -exec grep -nr "[[:alpha:]]  [[:alpha:]]" -l {} + && exit 0 || exit 1
 
 capitalize:
   stage: test