diff --git a/.vimrc b/.vimrc
index 01e1633..eb5f843 100644
--- a/.vimrc
+++ b/.vimrc
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ if has("autocmd")
     " To spell check all git commit messages
     au BufNewFile,BufRead COMMIT_EDITMSG set spelllang=en_us spell nonumber nolist wrap linebreak
 
+    " To spell check all Markdown files
+    autocmd FileType markdown setlocal spell
+    autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.rst setlocal spell
+
     " Set filetype tab settings
     autocmd FileType python,doctest set ai ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 et
 endif