diff -r 6eab50a34fed -r e53f6b72a0e4 contrib/check-code.py
--- a/contrib/check-code.py	Sun Nov 02 13:08:46 2014 +0900
+++ b/contrib/check-code.py	Thu Apr 17 22:47:38 2014 +0200
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
      "always assign an opened file to a variable, and close it afterwards"),
     (r'[\s\(](open|file)\([^)]*\)\.',
      "always assign an opened file to a variable, and close it afterwards"),
-    (r'(?i)descendent', "the proper spelling is descendAnt"),
+    (r'(?i)descend[e]nt', "the proper spelling is descendAnt"),
     (r'\.debug\(\_', "don't mark debug messages for translation"),
     (r'\.strip\(\)\.split\(\)', "no need to strip before splitting"),
     (r'^\s*except\s*:', "naked except clause", r'#.*re-raises'),