diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 21d0def..584c6b7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -794,6 +794,9 @@ And [add the elpaca bootstrap code](https://github.com/progfolio/elpaca?tab=read
 ;; expression for a cleaner display.
 (add-hook 'dired-mode-hook #'dired-hide-details-mode)
 (add-hook 'dired-mode-hook #'dired-omit-mode)
+
+;; Toggle on-the-fly spell checking (Flyspell mode).
+(add-hook text-mode-hook #'flyspell-mode)
 ```
 
 It is also recommended to read the following articles:
diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 24f3cb2..b9c9f5f 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -507,10 +507,22 @@
 ;; `fido-vertical-mode'
 (setq icomplete-compute-delay 0.01)
 
+;;; flyspell
+
+(setq flyspell-issue-welcome-flag nil)
+
+;; Greatly improves flyspell performance by preventing messages from being
+;; displayed for each word when checking the entire buffer.
+(setq flyspell-issue-message-flag nil)
+
+;;; ispell
+
 ;; In Emacs 30 and newer, disable Ispell completion to avoid annotation errors
 ;; when no `ispell' dictionary is set.
 (setq text-mode-ispell-word-completion nil)
 
+(setq ispell-silently-savep t)
+
 ;;; ibuffer
 
 (setq ibuffer-formats