diff --git a/.github/scripts/typos.toml b/.github/scripts/typos.toml
index e19434764e..ab784b40b3 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/typos.toml
+++ b/.github/scripts/typos.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 extend-ignore-identifiers-re = [
   "(ba|BA|fo|Fo|FU|Iy|ND|OT|pn|PN|ue|UE)",
   "(anc|bck|ben|CNA|ECT|EDE|edn|ein|Jod|kno|MEK|Nam|Ned|noo|nin|nto|ser|ths|Typ|typ|URE|wrk)",
-  "(admi|alue|CLEA|clen|dout|GOST|HELO|helo|htpt|inex|PARM|parm|PASE)",
+  "(admi|alue|CLEA|clen|dout|GOST|HELO|helo|htpt|PARM|parm|PASE)",
   "(HEADE|numer|optin|parms|stati|ttests)",
   "(Januar|passin|Passiv|perfec|PUNICODE|TEMPLAT|varius)",
 ]
diff --git a/tests/test1173.pl b/tests/test1173.pl
index 2faf472308..9b384ded78 100755
--- a/tests/test1173.pl
+++ b/tests/test1173.pl
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ sub scanmanpage {
     my ($file) = @_;
     my $reqex = 0;
     my $inseealso = 0;
-    my $inex = 0;
+    my $inexample = 0;
     my $insynop = 0;
     my $exsize = 0;
     my $synopsize = 0;
@@ -166,18 +166,18 @@ sub scanmanpage {
         if(($_ =~ /^\.SH SYNOPSIS/i) && ($reqex)) {
             # this is for libcurl manpage SYNOPSIS checks
             $insynop = 1;
-            $inex = 0;
+            $inexample = 0;
         }
         elsif($_ =~ /^\.SH EXAMPLE/i) {
             $insynop = 0;
-            $inex = 1;
+            $inexample = 1;
         }
         elsif($_ =~ /^\.SH \"SEE ALSO\"/i) {
             $inseealso = 1;
         }
         elsif($_ =~ /^\.SH/i) {
             $insynop = 0;
-            $inex = 0;
+            $inexample = 0;
         }
         elsif($inseealso) {
             if($_ =~ /^\.BR (.*)/i) {
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ sub scanmanpage {
                 }
             }
         }
-        elsif($inex) {
+        elsif($inexample) {
             $exsize++;
             if($_ =~ /[^\\]\\n/) {
                 print STDERR "$file:$line '\\n' need to be '\\\\n'!\n";