diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8c3e7d22df..d733a19e18 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ matrix:
     # Default Python
     - env: TOXENV=flake8
     - env: TOXENV=markdown-lint
-      before_install: npm install -g markdownlint-cli
+      # Travis only gives us Node.js version 8 so we must use an older
+      # version of markdownlint. To declare a newer node.js version we
+      # lose the ability to have Python as the lang and install tox.
+      # If/when the default node version gets updated, remove the
+      # version restriction on markdownlint.
+      before_install: npm install -g markdownlint-cli@0.21.0
     # Until Linkchecker is updated to Python 3, we will have skip this test.
     # Watch https://github.com/linkchecker/linkchecker for updates.
     # - env: TOXENV=linkchecker
diff --git a/docs/user-guide/custom-themes.md b/docs/user-guide/custom-themes.md
index e500346872..28a52e5422 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/custom-themes.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/custom-themes.md
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ theme:
 
 !!! Warning
 
-    A theme's [configuration] defined in a `mkdocs_theme.yml` file is not loaded 
+    A theme's [configuration] defined in a `mkdocs_theme.yml` file is not loaded
     from `theme.custom_dir`. When an entire theme exists in `theme.custom_dir`
     and `theme.name` is set to `null`, then the entire theme configuration must
     be defined in the [theme] configuration option in the `mkdocs.yml` file.
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index f9419186fd..e0b8a40e1f 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -20,9 +20,14 @@ deps=-rrequirements/test.txt
 commands={envbindir}/flake8 mkdocs --max-line-length=119
 
 [testenv:markdown-lint]
-whitelist_externals = markdownlint
+whitelist_externals=
+    node
+    markdownlint
 passenv = *
-commands=markdownlint README.md CONTRIBUTING.md docs/
+commands=
+    node --version
+    markdownlint --version
+    markdownlint README.md CONTRIBUTING.md docs/ --ignore docs/CNAME
 
 [testenv:linkchecker]
 basepython = python2.7