diff --git a/.hunspell.en.dic b/.hunspell.en.dic
index 794dc556..1a46ac0d 100644
--- a/.hunspell.en.dic
+++ b/.hunspell.en.dic
@@ -1252,3 +1252,7 @@ value'
 libb
 koji
 taskinfo
+rpmlintrc
+rpm
+rpms
+srpm
diff --git a/script/mrel b/script/mrel
index 16c27e4e..5401dd3b 100755
--- a/script/mrel
+++ b/script/mrel
@@ -277,8 +277,9 @@ file delete log-gz log-bz log-win $prevdistgz distfiles distfiles-win\
    log-prev-gz distfiles-prev $prevdistwin log-prev-win distfiles-win-prev
 
 # check generated RPM spec file
-runcmd >@stdout rpmlint -r share/rpm/environment-modules.rpmlintrc\
-   share/rpm/environment-modules.spec
+runcmd >@stdout rpmlint --ignore-unused-rpmlintrc --rpmlintrc\
+   share/rpm/environment-modules.rpmlintrc share/rpm/environment-modules.spec\
+   $srcrpm
 quitorcont
 
 
@@ -298,13 +299,20 @@ runcmd 2>@$logfid git push --force $gh_test_remote $reltag
 exec sudo --validate
 
 runcmd 2>@$logfid rpmbuild --rebuild $srcrpm
-foreach rpmpkg [glob $rpmdir/environment-modules-$rpmrelver.*.rpm] {
+set rpmpkg_list [glob $rpmdir/environment-modules-$rpmrelver.*.rpm]
+foreach rpmpkg $rpmpkg_list {
    runcmd >@stdout rpm -qlp $rpmpkg | less -eFKRX
    quitorcont
    # check installation of built RPM
    runcmd sudo rpm -ivh $rpmpkg
 }
 
+# check all RPM files (spec, srpm, rpms) all at once to check rpm files and
+# see if rpmlint produces some unused-rpmlintrc warnings
+runcmd >@stdout rpmlint --rpmlintrc share/rpm/environment-modules.rpmlintrc\
+   share/rpm/environment-modules.spec $srcrpm {*}$rpmpkg_list
+quitorcont
+
 
 # Phase 4: build, test, install from generated dists
 # ---------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/share/rpm/environment-modules.rpmlintrc b/share/rpm/environment-modules.rpmlintrc
index 11ebe0b4..b3e20264 100644
--- a/share/rpm/environment-modules.rpmlintrc
+++ b/share/rpm/environment-modules.rpmlintrc
@@ -1,2 +1,20 @@
+# from the https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/:
+# "If a package supersedes/replaces an existing package without being a
+# sufficiently compatible replacement as defined above, use only the
+# 'Obsoletes:' line."
+addFilter("W: obsolete-not-provided environment-modules-compat")
+
+# %ghost file mode false positive
+addFilter("W: non-executable-in-bin /usr/bin/modulecmd 644")
+
 # generic environment(modules) provides statement
 addFilter("W: unversioned-explicit-provides environment\(modules\)")
+
+# false positive spelling errors
+addFilter("E: spelling-error \('modulefiles', '%description -l en_US modulefiles -> module files, module-files, modifies'\)")
+addFilter("E: spelling-error \('modulefile', '%description -l en_US modulefile -> module file, module-file, doleful'\)")
+addFilter("E: spelling-error \('ksh', '%description -l en_US ksh -> KS, Ks, ks'\)")
+addFilter("E: spelling-error \('zsh', '%description -l en_US zsh -> Zs, sh, sch'\)")
+addFilter("E: spelling-error \('csh', '%description -l en_US csh -> Cash, cash, cosh'\)")
+addFilter("E: spelling-error \('tcsh', '%description -l en_US tcsh -> tosh, tush, Cash'\)")
+addFilter("E: spelling-error \('perl', '%description -l en_US perl -> Perl, Pearl, Peel'\)")