diff --git a/autoload/fugitive.vim b/autoload/fugitive.vim
index 22d5ee6..5082f82 100644
--- a/autoload/fugitive.vim
+++ b/autoload/fugitive.vim
@@ -5552,6 +5552,7 @@ let s:hash_colors = {}
 function! fugitive#BlameSyntax() abort
   let conceal = has('conceal') ? ' conceal' : ''
   let flags = get(s:TempState(), 'blame_flags', [])
+  syn spell notoplevel
   syn match FugitiveblameBlank                      "^\s\+\s\@=" nextgroup=FugitiveblameAnnotation,FugitiveblameScoreDebug,FugitiveblameOriginalFile,FugitiveblameOriginalLineNumber skipwhite
   syn match FugitiveblameHash       "\%(^\^\=[?*]*\)\@<=\<\x\{7,\}\>" nextgroup=FugitiveblameAnnotation,FugitiveblameScoreDebug,FugitiveblameOriginalLineNumber,FugitiveblameOriginalFile skipwhite
   syn match FugitiveblameUncommitted "\%(^\^\=\)\@<=\<0\{7,\}\>" nextgroup=FugitiveblameAnnotation,FugitiveblameScoreDebug,FugitiveblameOriginalLineNumber,FugitiveblameOriginalFile skipwhite