diff --git a/.mdlrc b/.mdlrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9cc2c63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mdlrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+rules "~MD013", "~MD024", "~MD025"
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fff4f22..7d6f14e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Cookstyle fixes
 - ChefSpec fixes
 - Yamllint fixes
+- MDL fixes
 
 ## 5.3.1 (2018-07-24)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b01c173..fc93ed7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -449,7 +449,6 @@ This cookbook is maintained by Chef's Community Cookbook Engineering team. Our g
 
 ## License
 
-
 **Copyright:** 2009-2017, Chef Software, Inc.
 
 ```