diff --git a/.vale/fixtures/OpenShiftAsciiDoc/HeadingsAlphanumeric/.vale.ini b/.vale/fixtures/OpenShiftAsciiDoc/HeadingsAlphanumeric/.vale.ini
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+; Vale configuration file to test the `HardWrappedLines` rule
+StylesPath = ../../../styles
+MinAlertLevel = error
+[*.adoc]
+OpenShiftAsciiDoc.HeadingsAlphanumeric = YES
diff --git a/.vale/fixtures/OpenShiftAsciiDoc/HeadingsAlphanumeric/testinvalid.adoc b/.vale/fixtures/OpenShiftAsciiDoc/HeadingsAlphanumeric/testinvalid.adoc
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+//vale-fixture
+= Don't Use: Special Characters in Headings
+
+//vale-fixture
+== No @Symbols! Here
+
+//vale-fixture
+== No periods.
diff --git a/.vale/fixtures/OpenShiftAsciiDoc/HeadingsAlphanumeric/testvalid.adoc b/.vale/fixtures/OpenShiftAsciiDoc/HeadingsAlphanumeric/testvalid.adoc
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+//vale-fixture
+= Valid Headings with Alphanumeric Characters Only
+
+//vale-fixture
+== Exceptions include attribute references like {product-name}
+
+== Also allow single quotes even though we don't like them
+
+== And `backticks` are allowed too even though I cannot remember if we allow them in the style guide
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diff --git a/.vale/styles/OpenShiftAsciiDoc/HeadingsAlphanumeric.yml b/.vale/styles/OpenShiftAsciiDoc/HeadingsAlphanumeric.yml
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+---
+extends: existence
+scope: raw
+level: error
+link: https://github.com/openshift/openshift-docs/blob/main/contributing_to_docs/doc_guidelines.adoc#anchoring-in-module-files
+message: "Headings should only contain alphanumeric characters."
+nonword: true
+tokens:
+  - "^=+\\s+.*[^a-zA-Z0-9\\s\\{\\}'`-].*$"
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