diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-link-check.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-link-check.yml
index 161ae6ade..d778dea64 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-link-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-link-check.yml
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
-          fetch-depth: 0 # needed for merge-base below
+          fetch-depth: 0 # needed for merge-base used in lint:links-in-modified-files
 
       - uses: jdx/mise-action@e3d7b8d67a7958d1207f6ed871e83b1ea780e7b0 # v3.3.1
 
       - name: Link check - relative links (all files)
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
         run: mise run lint:local-links
diff --git a/.mise/tasks/lint/links.sh b/.mise/tasks/lint/links.sh
index 479549f74..f5f708535 100755
--- a/.mise/tasks/lint/links.sh
+++ b/.mise/tasks/lint/links.sh
@@ -5,4 +5,9 @@ set -e
 
 #USAGE arg "<file>" var=#true help="files to check" default="."
 
-lychee --verbose --config .github/config/lychee.toml "$usage_file"
+for f in $usage_file; do
+    echo "Checking links in file: $f"
+done
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC2086
+lychee --verbose --config .github/config/lychee.toml $usage_file
diff --git a/.mise/tasks/lint/local-links.sh b/.mise/tasks/lint/local-links.sh
index 54762bf1e..f16cd3aa5 100755
--- a/.mise/tasks/lint/local-links.sh
+++ b/.mise/tasks/lint/local-links.sh
@@ -5,4 +5,9 @@ set -e
 
 #USAGE arg "<file>" var=#true help="files to check" default="."
 
-lychee --verbose --scheme file --include-fragments "$usage_file"
+for f in $usage_file; do
+    echo "Checking links in file: $f"
+done
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC2086
+lychee --verbose --scheme file --include-fragments $usage_file