diff --git a/changelogs/internal/newsfragments/2238.clarification b/changelogs/internal/newsfragments/2238.clarification
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b91abc53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/internal/newsfragments/2238.clarification
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Silence failing redocly-cli rule.
diff --git a/redocly.yaml b/redocly.yaml
index 28dda2db..294d2f10 100644
--- a/redocly.yaml
+++ b/redocly.yaml
@@ -8,4 +8,7 @@ rules:
   no-invalid-media-type-examples: off
   no-path-trailing-slash: off
   operation-2xx-response: off
-  spec-strict-refs: error
\ No newline at end of file
+  spec-strict-refs: error
+  # $ref in examples are not spec-compliant, yet we find them useful. Disable this rule
+  # and instead check example schema using `check-event-schema-examples.py`
+  no-invalid-schema-examples: off