diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-code-snippets.yaml b/.github/workflows/check-code-snippets.yaml
index 714e6a7d..476f6eb0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-code-snippets.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-code-snippets.yaml
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ jobs:
           pip install requests  
       - name: Validate code snippets
         run: |
-          python ./scripts/check-code-snippets.py .
+          python ./scripts/check_code_snippets.py .
diff --git a/scripts/check-code-snippets.py b/scripts/check-code-snippets.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 12c705c4..00000000
--- a/scripts/check-code-snippets.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-import os
-import re
-import sys
-from typing import Optional, Tuple
-
-import requests
-
-def split_url_and_range(url: str) -> Tuple[str, Optional[int], Optional[int]]:
-    base, frag = url.split("#", 1)
-    m = re.match(r'L(\d+)(?:-L?(\d+))?$', frag)
-    start = int(m.group(1))
-    end = int(m.group(2)) if m.group(2) else None
-    return base, start, end
-
-def fetch_raw(source: str) -> str:
-    r = requests.get(source)
-    return r.text
-
-def main():
-    in_code = False
-    code = ''
-    content = ''
-    start_line = 0
-    end_line = 0
-    md_files = []
-    
-    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(sys.argv[1]):
-        for name in files:
-            if name.endswith('.md'):
-                md_files.append(os.path.join(root, name))
-            else:
-                continue
-
-    for md in md_files:
-        print("Checking code in the", md)
-
-        with open(md, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-            md = f.read()
-
-        md_lines = md.splitlines()
-        for line in md_lines:
-            if in_code:
-                if re.search("^```[a-zA-Z].*", line):
-                    continue
-
-                if re.search("^```$", line):
-                    in_code = False
-                    continue
-
-                code += line + '\n'
-                continue
-
-            if line.startswith("<!--"):
-                in_code = True
-                (uri, start, end) = split_url_and_range(line.split(' ')[1])
-                content = "\n".join(fetch_raw(uri).splitlines()[start-1:end]).rstrip()
-                continue
-
-            if code != '':
-                if code.rstrip() != content:
-                    print("Error in", sys.argv[1])
-                    print("Code in book:")
-                    print(code)
-                    print("Code from github:")
-                    print(content)
-                    exit(1)
-
-                code = ''
-                content = ''
-                continue
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
diff --git a/scripts/check_code_snippets.py b/scripts/check_code_snippets.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e7bba82c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check_code_snippets.py
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+"""
+A script that takes the lines of the Linux kernel source code from the comments
+in the markdown files that are attached to the code and checks their validity.
+"""
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+from typing import Optional, Tuple
+
+import requests
+
+exclude_dirs = ["./.github"]
+
+def __split_url_and_range__(url: str) -> Tuple[str, Optional[int], Optional[int]]:
+    base, frag = url.split("#", 1)
+    m = re.match(r'L(\d+)(?:-L?(\d+))?$', frag)
+    start = int(m.group(1))
+    end = int(m.group(2)) if m.group(2) else None
+    return base, start, end
+
+def __fetch_raw__(source: str) -> str:
+    r = requests.get(source, timeout=5.0)
+    return r.text
+
+def __handle_md__(md: str):
+    in_code = False
+    code = ''
+    content = ''
+
+    md_lines = md.splitlines()
+
+    for line in md_lines:
+        if in_code:
+            if re.search("^```[a-zA-Z].*", line):
+                continue
+
+            if re.search("^```$", line):
+                in_code = False
+                continue
+
+            code += line + '\n'
+            continue
+
+        if line.startswith("<!--"):
+            in_code = True
+            (uri, start, end) = __split_url_and_range__(line.split(' ')[1])
+            content = "\n".join(__fetch_raw__(uri).splitlines()[start-1:end]).rstrip()
+            continue
+
+        if code != '':
+            if code.rstrip() != content:
+                print("Error in", sys.argv[1])
+                print("Code in book:")
+                print(code)
+                print("Code from github:")
+                print(content)
+                sys.exit(1)
+
+            code = ''
+            content = ''
+            continue
+
+def __main__():
+    md_files = []
+
+    for root, _dirs, files in os.walk(sys.argv[1]):
+        for name in files:
+            if name.endswith('.md'):
+                md_files.append(os.path.join(root, name))
+            else:
+                continue
+
+    for md in md_files:
+        print("Checking code in the", md)
+        if os.path.dirname(md) in exclude_dirs:
+            continue
+
+        with open(md, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            md = f.read()
+
+        __handle_md__(md)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    __main__()