diff --git a/.github/checks/Makefile b/.github/checks/Makefile
index 827606d01..662477790 100644
--- a/.github/checks/Makefile
+++ b/.github/checks/Makefile
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 
 .PHONY: tabs
 
-check: tabs lastline
+check: tabs lastline spaces
 
 tabs: tabs.sh
 	@./tabs.sh
-	
+
 lastline: lastline.sh
 	@./lastline.sh
-	
-# checks that will currently fail (on a lot of files), so they are not included
-# in the general "check" action
+
 spaces: spaces.sh
 	@./spaces.sh
diff --git a/Contributing.md b/Contributing.md
index c8681c7ee..6258ce523 100644
--- a/Contributing.md
+++ b/Contributing.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ This is an ongoing controversial topic - everyone knows that. However, the follo
 * No extra spaces at the end of lines.
 * All text files must end with new-line characters.  Don't leave the last line "dangling".
 
-The (bash) scipts used to check the above rules can be found in ```.github/check```
+The (bash) scipts used to check the above rules can be found in ```.github/check```. You can also run all checks using ```make check```.
 
 ### misc