diff --git a/include/outputs b/include/outputs
index 1e19b23f..68570341 100644
--- a/include/outputs
+++ b/include/outputs
@@ -112,13 +112,15 @@ textFail(){
   level="FAIL"
   colorcode="$BAD"
   while read -r i; do
-    ignore_check_name="${i%:*}"
-    ignore_value="${i#*${CHECK_NAME}:}"
+    ignore_check_name="${i%%:*}" # Check name is everything up to the first :
+    ignore_value="${i#*${CHECK_NAME}:}" # Ignore value is everything after the first :
+    # Check to see if ignore value appears anywhere within log message.
+    resource_value=".*${ignore_value}.*"
     if [[ ${ignore_check_name} != "${CHECK_NAME}" ]]; then
       # not for this check
       continue
     fi
-    if [[ $1 =~ .*"${ignore_value}".* ]]; then
+    if [[ $1 =~ ${resource_value} ]]; then
       level="WARNING"
       colorcode="$WARNING"
       break
diff --git a/whitelist_sample.txt b/whitelist_sample.txt
index 5a538b38..a17829e3 100644
--- a/whitelist_sample.txt
+++ b/whitelist_sample.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 # Example: Will not consider a myignoredbucket failures as full failure. (Still printed as a warning)
 check26:myignoredbucket
 
+# Note that by default, this searches for the string appearing *anywhere* in the resource name.
+# For example:
+#   extra718:ci-logs  # Will block bucket "ci-logs" AND ALSO bucket "ci-logs-replica"
+#   extra718:logs     # Will block EVERY BUCKET containing the string "logs"
+
 # line starting with # are ignored as comments
 # add a line per resource as here:
 #<checkid1>:<resource to ignore 1>
@@ -10,3 +15,7 @@ check26:myignoredbucket
 # checkid2
 #<checkid2>:<resource to ignore 1>
 
+# REGEXES
+# This whitelist works with regexes (ERE, the same style of regex as grep -E and bash's =~ use)
+# therefore:
+# extra718:[[:alnum:]]+-logs # will ignore all buckets containing the terms ci-logs, qa-logs, etc.
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