diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix
index 3be1d39b..15f85480 100644
--- a/configuration.nix
+++ b/configuration.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ isMaximal: {
     };
 
     spellcheck = {
-      enable = isMaximal;
+      enable = true;
     };
 
     lsp = {
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/rl-0.7.md b/docs/release-notes/rl-0.7.md
index 32186a8f..d62e3619 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/rl-0.7.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/rl-0.7.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ configuration formats.
 
 ### `vim.maps` rewrite {#sec-vim-maps-rewrite}
 
-Instead of specifying map modes using submodules (e.g.: `vim.maps.normal`), a
+Instead of specifying map modes using submodules (e.g., `vim.maps.normal`), a
 new `vim.keymaps` submodule with support for a `mode` option has been
 introduced. It can be either a string, or a list of strings, where a string
 represents the short-name of the map mode(s), that the mapping should be set
diff --git a/lib/languages.nix b/lib/languages.nix
index 56c225d6..a202ff14 100644
--- a/lib/languages.nix
+++ b/lib/languages.nix
@@ -5,13 +5,6 @@
   inherit (lib.types) bool;
   inherit (lib.nvim.attrsets) mapListToAttrs;
 in {
-  # Converts a boolean to a yes/no string. This is used in lots of
-  # configuration formats, and is not covered by `toLuaObject`
-  toVimBool = bool:
-    if bool
-    then "yes"
-    else "no";
-
   diagnosticsToLua = {
     lang,
     config,
diff --git a/modules/neovim/init/spellcheck.nix b/modules/neovim/init/spellcheck.nix
index f8d784da..fb0f86ea 100644
--- a/modules/neovim/init/spellcheck.nix
+++ b/modules/neovim/init/spellcheck.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 }: let
   inherit (lib.modules) mkIf mkRenamedOptionModule;
   inherit (lib.options) mkOption mkEnableOption literalExpression;
-  inherit (lib.strings) concatLines;
+  inherit (lib.strings) concatLines concatStringsSep optionalString;
   inherit (lib.attrsets) mapAttrsToList;
   inherit (lib.types) listOf str attrsOf;
   inherit (lib.nvim.lua) listToLuaTable;
@@ -134,10 +134,17 @@ in {
 
       options = {
         spell = true;
-        spelllang = cfg.languages;
+
+        # Workaround for Neovim's spelllang setup. It can be
+        #  - a string, e.g., "en"
+        #  - multiple strings, separated with commas, e.g., "en,de"
+        # toLuaObject cannot generate the correct type here, unless we take a string here.
+        spelllang = concatStringsSep "," cfg.languages;
       };
 
-      luaConfigRC.spellcheck = entryAfter ["basic"] ''
+      # Register an autocommand to disable spellchecking in buffers with given filetypes.
+      # If the list is empty, the autocommand does not need to be registered.
+      luaConfigRC.spellcheck = entryAfter ["basic"] (optionalString (cfg.ignoredFiletypes != []) ''
         -- Disable spellchecking for certain filetypes
         -- as configured by `vim.spellcheck.ignoredFiletypes`
         vim.api.nvim_create_augroup("nvf_autocmds", {clear = false})
@@ -148,7 +155,7 @@ in {
             vim.opt_local.spell = false
           end,
         })
-      '';
+      '');
     };
   };
 }
diff --git a/modules/wrapper/rc/options.nix b/modules/wrapper/rc/options.nix
index 36296f02..4cd3026f 100644
--- a/modules/wrapper/rc/options.nix
+++ b/modules/wrapper/rc/options.nix
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
   inherit (lib.options) mkOption literalMD literalExpression;
   inherit (lib.strings) optionalString;
   inherit (lib.types) str bool int enum attrsOf lines listOf either path submodule anything;
-  inherit (lib.trivial) isBool;
-  inherit (lib.nvim.languages) toVimBool;
   inherit (lib.nvim.types) dagOf;
   inherit (lib.nvim.lua) listToLuaTable;
 
@@ -238,13 +236,10 @@ in {
           };
 
           signcolumn = mkOption {
-            type = either str bool;
-            default = true;
-            apply = x:
-              if isBool x
-              then toVimBool x # convert to a yes/no str
-              else x;
-            description = "Show the sign column";
+            type = str;
+            default = "yes";
+            example = "no";
+            description = "Whether to show the sign column";
           };
 
           tabstop = mkOption {
@@ -313,7 +308,7 @@ in {
         if [](#opt-vim.enableLuaLoader) is set to true.
       '';
 
-      example = literalExpression ''''${builtins.readFile ./my-lua-config-pre.lua}'';
+      example = literalExpression "\${builtins.readFile ./my-lua-config-pre.lua}";
 
       description = ''
         Verbatim lua code that will be inserted **before**
@@ -357,7 +352,7 @@ in {
     luaConfigPost = mkOption {
       type = str;
       default = "";
-      example = literalExpression ''"$${builtins.readFile ./my-lua-config-post.lua}"'';
+      example = literalExpression "\${builtins.readFile ./my-lua-config-post.lua}";
       description = ''
         Verbatim lua code that will be inserted **after**
         the result of the `luaConfigRc` DAG has been resolved