diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 8a42cdad7f3501..455202a9c01e37 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -87,21 +87,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           filter: |
             Doc/**
-            # Temporarily skip paths with spaces
-            # (i.e. "C API", "Core and Builtins")
-            # to avoid "Error: One of your files includes a space".
-            # Pending https://github.com/python/core-workflow/issues/186
-            # Misc/**
-            Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/**
-            Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/**
-            Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/**
-            Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/**
-            Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/**
-            Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/**
-            Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tools-Demos/**
-            Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/**
-            Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/**
+            Misc/**
             .github/workflows/reusable-docs.yml
+          format: csv  # unbreaks paths /w whitespaces; json is harder to parse
       - name: Check for docs changes
         if: >-
           github.event_name == 'pull_request'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-docs.yml
index 8a271e867c8b4d..831a49ad3e2719 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-docs.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: Ana06/get-changed-files@v2.2.0
       with:
         filter: "Doc/**"
+        format: csv  # unbreaks paths /w whitespaces; json is harder to parse
     - name: 'Build changed files in nit-picky mode'
       if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
       continue-on-error: true
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2023-05-31-18-03-29.gh-issue-105151.3SD5ns.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2023-05-31-18-03-29.gh-issue-105151.3SD5ns.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6