diff --git a/R/check-files.R b/R/check-files.R
index 8046623..c6d8dd4 100644
--- a/R/check-files.R
+++ b/R/check-files.R
@@ -85,8 +85,12 @@ spell_check_description_text <- function(file, dict){
   spell_check_plain(lines, dict = dict)
 }
 
-spell_check_file_rd <- function(rdfile, dict){
-  text <- tools::RdTextFilter(rdfile)
+spell_check_file_rd <- function(rdfile, macros = NULL, dict) {
+  if (is.null(macros)) {
+    text <- tools::RdTextFilter(rdfile)
+  } else {
+    text <- tools::RdTextFilter(rdfile, macros = macros)
+  }
   Encoding(text) <- "UTF-8"
   spell_check_plain(text, dict = dict)
 }
diff --git a/R/spell-check.R b/R/spell-check.R
index a6525a5..0630c58 100644
--- a/R/spell-check.R
+++ b/R/spell-check.R
@@ -54,7 +54,12 @@ spell_check_package <- function(pkg = ".", vignettes = TRUE, use_wordlist = TRUE
 
   # Check Rd manual files
   rd_files <- sort(list.files(file.path(pkg$path, "man"), "\\.rd$", ignore.case = TRUE, full.names = TRUE))
-  rd_lines <- lapply(rd_files, spell_check_file_rd, dict = dict)
+  macros <- tools::loadPkgRdMacros(pkg$path)
+  macros <- tools::loadRdMacros(
+    file.path(R.home("share"), "Rd", "macros", "system.Rd"),
+    macros = macros
+  )
+  rd_lines <- lapply(rd_files, spell_check_file_rd, dict = dict, macros = macros)
 
   # Check 'DESCRIPTION' fields
   pkg_fields <- c("title", "description")