diff --git a/packages/cspell/fixtures/issue-6353/cspell.config.yaml b/packages/cspell/fixtures/issue-6353/cspell.config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e23c246e26b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cspell/fixtures/issue-6353/cspell.config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+$schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/streetsidesoftware/cspell/main/cspell.schema.json
+version: '0.2'
+name: issue-6373
+enableGlobDot: true
+files:
+  - docs
+ignorePaths:
+  - 'docs/no-check/**'
+  - '!docs/no-check/README.md'
diff --git a/packages/cspell/fixtures/issue-6353/docs/README.md b/packages/cspell/fixtures/issue-6353/docs/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..de035e90c60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cspell/fixtures/issue-6353/docs/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Docs
+
+This is where the docs are.
diff --git a/packages/cspell/fixtures/issue-6353/docs/no-check/README.md b/packages/cspell/fixtures/issue-6353/docs/no-check/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7f36afe3d6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cspell/fixtures/issue-6353/docs/no-check/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# README.md
+
+Do not spell check this file.
+
+It has mistakkkes.
diff --git a/packages/cspell/fixtures/issue-6353/docs/no-check/cspell.json b/packages/cspell/fixtures/issue-6353/docs/no-check/cspell.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0967ef424bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cspell/fixtures/issue-6353/docs/no-check/cspell.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}
diff --git a/packages/cspell/src/app/__snapshots__/app.test.ts.snap b/packages/cspell/src/app/__snapshots__/app.test.ts.snap
index 47043cb6df2..8c3f9c2fe20 100644
--- a/packages/cspell/src/app/__snapshots__/app.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/cspell/src/app/__snapshots__/app.test.ts.snap
@@ -551,6 +551,16 @@ error"
 
 exports[`Validate cli > app 'issue-4811/*/README.md' Expect Error: undefined 3`] = `""`;
 
+exports[`Validate cli > app 'issue-6353' Expect Error: undefined 1`] = `[]`;
+
+exports[`Validate cli > app 'issue-6353' Expect Error: undefined 2`] = `
+"info	Negative glob exclusions are not supported: !docs/no-check/README.md
+error	CSpell: Files checked: 1, Issues found: 0 in 0 files.
+error"
+`;
+
+exports[`Validate cli > app 'issue-6353' Expect Error: undefined 3`] = `""`;
+
 exports[`Validate cli > app 'issue-6373 .' Expect Error: [Function CheckFailed] 1`] = `[]`;
 
 exports[`Validate cli > app 'issue-6373 .' Expect Error: [Function CheckFailed] 2`] = `
diff --git a/packages/cspell/src/app/app.test.ts b/packages/cspell/src/app/app.test.ts
index 7965e580e7b..5ea58300083 100644
--- a/packages/cspell/src/app/app.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cspell/src/app/app.test.ts
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ describe('Validate cli', () => {
         ${'issue-4811'}                                | ${['-r', pIssues('issue-4811'), '--no-progress', '.']}                                         | ${app.CheckFailed} | ${true}  | ${true}  | ${false}
         ${'issue-6373 .'}                              | ${['-r', pathFix('issue-6373'), '--no-progress', '.']}                                         | ${app.CheckFailed} | ${true}  | ${true}  | ${false}
         ${'issue-6373'}                                | ${['-r', pathFix('issue-6373'), '--no-progress']}                                              | ${undefined}       | ${true}  | ${false} | ${false}
+        ${'issue-6353'}                                | ${['-r', pathFix('issue-6353'), '--no-progress']}                                              | ${undefined}       | ${true}  | ${false} | ${true}
         ${'verify globRoot works'}                     | ${['-r', pathFix('globRoot'), '.']}                                                            | ${undefined}       | ${true}  | ${false} | ${false}
     `('app $msg Expect Error: $errorCheck', async ({ testArgs, errorCheck, eError, eLog, eInfo }: TestCase) => {
         chalk.level = 1;
diff --git a/packages/cspell/src/app/lint/lint.ts b/packages/cspell/src/app/lint/lint.ts
index 092c1fa7055..29f8b9a0dbb 100644
--- a/packages/cspell/src/app/lint/lint.ts
+++ b/packages/cspell/src/app/lint/lint.ts
@@ -553,7 +553,13 @@ async function determineFilesToCheck(
 
         // Get Exclusions from the config files.
         const { root } = cfg;
-        const globsToExclude = [...(configInfo.config.ignorePaths || []), ...excludeGlobs];
+        const globsToExcludeRaw = [...(configInfo.config.ignorePaths || []), ...excludeGlobs];
+        const globsToExclude = globsToExcludeRaw.filter((g) => !globPattern(g).startsWith('!'));
+        if (globsToExclude.length !== globsToExcludeRaw.length) {
+            const globs = globsToExcludeRaw.map((g) => globPattern(g)).filter((g) => g.startsWith('!'));
+            const msg = `Negative glob exclusions are not supported: ${globs.join(', ')}`;
+            reporter.info(msg, MessageTypes.Warning);
+        }
         const globMatcher = buildGlobMatcher(globsToExclude, root, true);
         const ignoreGlobs = extractGlobsFromMatcher(globMatcher);
         // cspell:word nodir
@@ -744,3 +750,7 @@ async function writeDictionaryLog() {
 
     await writeFileOrStream(filename, data);
 }
+
+function globPattern(g: Glob) {
+    return typeof g === 'string' ? g : g.glob;
+}