diff --git a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index 15f2fed27..1e81842ad 100644
--- a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Did you write a patch that fixes a bug?
   Creative Commons Public Domain (CC0), unless you request otherwise or
   put a GNU/Artistic license on your file.
 
-- Most important is we get your patch. If you’d like to clean up
+- Most important is we get your patch. If you'd like to clean up
   indentation and related issues ahead of our feedback, that is
   appreciated; please see the coding conventions in `docs/internals
   <internals.rst>`__.
diff --git a/docs/guide/languages.rst b/docs/guide/languages.rst
index 4cdd0217a..4865f5375 100644
--- a/docs/guide/languages.rst
+++ b/docs/guide/languages.rst
@@ -130,11 +130,11 @@ simulation (perhaps using :vlopt:`--build`) and run it.
 With :vlopt:`--no-timing`, all timing controls cause the :option:`NOTIMING`
 error, except:
 
-* delay statements – they are ignored (as they are in synthesis), though they
+* delay statements - they are ignored (as they are in synthesis), though they
   do issue a :option:`STMTDLY` warning,
-* intra-assignment timing controls – they are ignored, though they do issue an
+* intra-assignment timing controls - they are ignored, though they do issue an
   :option:`ASSIGNDLY` warning,
-* net delays – they are ignored,
+* net delays - they are ignored,
 * event controls at the top of the procedure,
 
 Forks cause this error as well, except:
diff --git a/docs/internals.rst b/docs/internals.rst
index 6f5a4b577..7e96fa7bd 100644
--- a/docs/internals.rst
+++ b/docs/internals.rst
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ lifetime, and prevents multiple ``resume`` calls in the case of
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 Return value of all coroutines. Together with the promise type contained
-within, it allows for chaining coroutines – resuming coroutines from up the
+within, it allows for chaining coroutines - resuming coroutines from up the
 call stack. The calling coroutine's handle is saved in the promise object as a
 continuation, that is, the coroutine that must be resumed after the promise's
 coroutine finishes. This is necessary as C++ coroutines are stackless, meaning
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ simulation time is retrieved from a ``VerilatedContext`` object.
 
 This class manages processes that await events (triggers). There is one such
 object per each trigger awaited by coroutines. Coroutines ``co_await`` this
-object's ``trigger`` function. They are stored in two stages – `uncommitted`
+object's ``trigger`` function. They are stored in two stages - `uncommitted`
 and `ready`. First, they land in the `uncommitted` stage, and cannot be
 resumed. The ``resume`` function resumes all coroutines from the `ready` stage
 and moves `uncommitted` coroutines into `ready`. The ``commit`` function only
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_dist_whitespace.pl b/test_regress/t/t_dist_whitespace.pl
index 1aaf1975f..1d8825d6c 100755
--- a/test_regress/t/t_dist_whitespace.pl
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_dist_whitespace.pl
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ foreach my $file (sort keys %files) {
     if ($contents =~ /[ \t]\n/
         || $contents =~ m/\n\n+$/) {  # Regexp repeated below
         my $eol_ws_exempt = ($file =~ /(\.txt|\.html)$/
-                             || $file =~ m!^README$!
                              || $file =~ m!/gtkwave/!);
         next if $eol_ws_exempt;
         if ($ENV{HARNESS_UPDATE_GOLDEN}) {
@@ -62,6 +61,16 @@ foreach my $file (sort keys %files) {
             $warns{$file} = "Trailing newlines at EOF in $file";
         }
     }
+    # Unicode checker; should this be done in another file?
+    # No way to auto-fix.
+    # Files with \r are flagged elsewhere, right?
+    if ($contents =~ /[^[:alnum:][:punct:] \t\r\n]/) {
+        my $unicode_exempt = ($file =~ /Changes$/
+                              || $file =~ /CONTRIBUTORS$/
+                              || $file =~ /contributors.rst$/);
+        next if $unicode_exempt;
+        $warns{$file} = "Warning: non-ASCII contents in $file\n";
+    }
     ++$any;
 }
 $any > 50 or error("Too few source files found");