diff --git a/content/code-security/secret-scanning/managing-alerts-from-secret-scanning/resolving-alerts.md b/content/code-security/secret-scanning/managing-alerts-from-secret-scanning/resolving-alerts.md
index 4ff4dfe4d407..57bcb2517409 100644
--- a/content/code-security/secret-scanning/managing-alerts-from-secret-scanning/resolving-alerts.md
+++ b/content/code-security/secret-scanning/managing-alerts-from-secret-scanning/resolving-alerts.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: Resolving alerts from secret scanning
 intro: 'After reviewing the details of a secret scanning alert, you should fix and then close the alert.'
-permissions: 'Repository owners, organization owners, security managers, commit authors, and users with the **admin** role'
+permissions: 'Repository owners, organization owners, security managers, users assigned to {% data variables.secret-scanning.alerts %}, commit authors, and users with the **admin** role'
 versions:
   fpt: '*'
   ghes: '*'
diff --git a/src/content-linter/scripts/lint-content.ts b/src/content-linter/scripts/lint-content.ts
index 000a681516c2..f84ec31df84d 100755
--- a/src/content-linter/scripts/lint-content.ts
+++ b/src/content-linter/scripts/lint-content.ts
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ program
 
 const {
   fix,
-  paths,
   errorsOnly,
   rules,
   summaryByRule,
@@ -144,8 +143,13 @@ main()
 async function main() {
   if (!isOptionsValid()) return
 
+  // Get the updated paths after validation (invalid paths will have been filtered out)
+  const validatedPaths = program.opts().paths
+
   // If paths has not been specified, lint all files
-  const files = getFilesToLint((summaryByRule && ALL_CONTENT_DIR) || paths || getChangedFiles())
+  const files = getFilesToLint(
+    (summaryByRule && ALL_CONTENT_DIR) || validatedPaths || getChangedFiles(),
+  )
 
   if (new Set(files.data).size !== files.data.length) throw new Error('Duplicate data files')
   if (new Set(files.content).size !== files.content.length)
@@ -162,7 +166,7 @@ async function main() {
   const start = Date.now()
 
   // Initializes the config to pass to markdownlint based on the input options
-  const { config, configuredRules } = getMarkdownLintConfig(errorsOnly, rules || [])
+  const { config, configuredRules } = getMarkdownLintConfig(errorsOnly, rules)
 
   // Run Markdownlint for content directory
   const resultContent = (await markdownlint.promises.markdownlint({
@@ -619,7 +623,7 @@ function listRules() {
 */
 function getMarkdownLintConfig(
   filterErrorsOnly: boolean,
-  runRules: string[],
+  runRules: string[] | undefined,
 ): MarkdownLintConfigResult {
   const config = {
     content: structuredClone(defaultConfig),
@@ -793,21 +797,27 @@ function getSearchReplaceRuleSeverity(
 function isOptionsValid() {
   // paths should only contain existing files and directories
   const optionPaths = program.opts().paths || []
+  const validPaths = []
+
   for (const filePath of optionPaths) {
     try {
       fs.statSync(filePath)
+      validPaths.push(filePath) // Keep track of valid paths
     } catch {
       if ('paths'.includes(filePath)) {
-        console.log('error: did you mean --paths')
+        console.warn('warning: did you mean --paths')
       } else {
-        console.log(
-          `error: invalid --paths (-p) option. The value '${filePath}' is not a valid file or directory`,
-        )
+        console.warn(`warning: the value '${filePath}' was not found. Skipping this path.`)
       }
-      return false
+      // Continue processing - don't return false here
     }
   }
 
+  // Update the program options to only include valid paths
+  if (optionPaths.length > 0) {
+    program.setOptionValue('paths', validPaths)
+  }
+
   // rules should only contain existing, correctly spelled rules
   const allRulesList = [...allRules.map((rule) => rule.names).flat(), ...Object.keys(allConfig)]
   const optionRules = program.opts().rules || []
@@ -823,7 +833,9 @@ function isOptionsValid() {
       return false
     }
   }
-  return true
+
+  // Only return false if paths were specified but none are valid
+  return optionPaths.length === 0 || validPaths.length > 0
 }
 
 function isAFixtureMdFile(filePath: string): boolean {