diff --git a/codespell_lib/_codespell.py b/codespell_lib/_codespell.py
index 1ec09fdf8f..57bad5436d 100644
--- a/codespell_lib/_codespell.py
+++ b/codespell_lib/_codespell.py
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ def convert_arg_line_to_args(self, arg_line: str) -> list[str]:
         "allow skipping of regions of Python code using "
         "begin/end comments one could use: "
         "--ignore-multiline-regex "
-        "'# codespell:ignore-begin *\\n.*# codespell:ignore-end *\\n'. "
+        "'# codespell:ignore-begin *\\n.*?# codespell:ignore-end *\\n'. "
         "Defaults to empty/disabled.",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
diff --git a/codespell_lib/tests/test_basic.py b/codespell_lib/tests/test_basic.py
index 0127f57013..8be7186b07 100644
--- a/codespell_lib/tests/test_basic.py
+++ b/codespell_lib/tests/test_basic.py
@@ -1156,6 +1156,21 @@ def test_ignore_multiline_regex_option(
     """
     assert fname.read_text() == fixed_text
 
+    # The documented example uses a non-greedy match so a typo between two
+    # ignore regions is still reported (a greedy .* would swallow it).
+    two_blocks = """
+    # codespell:ignore-begin
+    abandonned
+    # codespell:ignore-end
+    abandonned
+    # codespell:ignore-begin
+    abandonned
+    # codespell:ignore-end
+    """
+    fname.write_text(two_blocks)
+    documented = r"# codespell:ignore-begin *\n.*?# codespell:ignore-end *\n"
+    assert cs.main(fname, "--ignore-multiline-regex", documented) == 1
+
 
 def test_uri_regex_option(
     tmp_path: Path,