diff --git a/.github/workflows/checkdocs.yml b/.github/workflows/checkdocs.yml
index e9037a50da..6a8149672d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checkdocs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checkdocs.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ name: Docs
       - '*/ci'
     paths:
       - '.github/workflows/checkdocs.yml'
-      - '.github/scripts/**'
+      - '.github/scripts/mdlinkcheck'
+      - '/scripts/**'
       - '**.md'
       - 'docs/*'
   pull_request:
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ name: Docs
     paths:
       - '.github/workflows/checkdocs.yml'
       - '.github/scripts/**'
+      - '.github/scripts/mdlinkcheck'
       - '**.md'
       - 'docs/*'
 
diff --git a/scripts/mdlinkcheck b/scripts/mdlinkcheck
index 395fc85cbd..7df3f03d5c 100755
--- a/scripts/mdlinkcheck
+++ b/scripts/mdlinkcheck
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ sub storelink {
     $dir =~ s:([^/]*\z)::;
 
     while($link =~ s:^\.\.\/::) {
-        $dir =~ s:^([^/]*)/::;
+        $dir =~ s:([^/]*)\/\z::;
     }
 
     $flink{"./$dir$link"} .= "$f:$line ";