diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 2ce05f85a89..9e8fe771a33 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -103,6 +103,21 @@ $ docker buildx bake validate
 
 If this command doesn't result in any errors, you're good to go!
 
+#### Running Vale
+
+Vale is a tool that checks for spelling and grammar errors in your text. To run Vale
+for the content in the `content` directory, use the following command:
+
+```console
+$ make vale
+```
+
+You can also specify a different directory for Vale to check. For example:
+
+```console
+$ CONTENT_DIR="content/manuals/compose" make vale
+```
+
 ## Content not edited here
 
 CLI reference documentation is maintained in upstream repositories. It's
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8a5b14de683..8d9a7eaa35e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+# Directory containing the content to validate. Default is "content".
+# It can be overridden by setting the CONTENT_DIR environment variable.
+# Example: CONTENT_DIR=content/manuals/compose make vale
+CONTENT_DIR := $(or $(CONTENT_DIR), content)
+
+# Docker image to use for vale.
+VALE_IMAGE := jdkato/vale:latest
+
+.PHONY: vale
+vale: ## run vale
+	docker run --rm -v $(PWD):/docs \
+		-w /docs \
+		-e PIP_BREAK_SYSTEM_PACKAGES=1 \
+		$(VALE_IMAGE) $(CONTENT_DIR)
+
 .PHONY: vendor
 vendor: ## vendor hugo modules
 	./hack/vendor