diff --git a/codespell_lib/_codespell.py b/codespell_lib/_codespell.py
index 98696c0f5d..94ab65d068 100644
--- a/codespell_lib/_codespell.py
+++ b/codespell_lib/_codespell.py
@@ -54,7 +54,13 @@
 uri_regex_def = (
     r"(\b(?:https?|[ts]?ftp|file|git|smb)://[^\s]+(?=$|\s)|\b[\w.%+-]+@[\w.-]+\b)"
 )
-inline_ignore_regex = re.compile(r"[^\w\s]\s*codespell:ignore\b(\s+(?P<words>[\w,]*))?")
+codespell_ignore_tag = "codespell:ignore"
+inline_ignore_regex = re.compile(
+    rf"[^\w\s]\s*{codespell_ignore_tag}\b(\s+(?P<words>[\w,]*))?"
+)
+USAGE = """
+\t%prog [OPTIONS] [file1 file2 ... fileN]
+"""
 
 supported_languages_en = ("en", "en_GB", "en_US", "en_CA", "en_AU")
 supported_languages = supported_languages_en
@@ -904,7 +910,9 @@ def parse_lines(
         line_number = fragment_line_number + i
 
         extra_words_to_ignore = set()
-        match = inline_ignore_regex.search(line)
+        match = (
+            inline_ignore_regex.search(line) if codespell_ignore_tag in line else None
+        )
         if match:
             extra_words_to_ignore = set(
                 filter(None, (match.group("words") or "").split(","))