diff --git a/src/generators/ast/generate.mjs b/src/generators/ast/generate.mjs
index eed01d42..97724e03 100644
--- a/src/generators/ast/generate.mjs
+++ b/src/generators/ast/generate.mjs
@@ -27,10 +27,15 @@ export async function processChunk(inputSlice, itemIndices) {
 
   for (const [path, parent] of filePaths) {
     const content = await readFile(path, 'utf-8');
-    const value = content.replace(
-      QUERIES.stabilityIndexPrefix,
-      match => `[${match}](${STABILITY_INDEX_URL})`
-    );
+    const value = content
+      .replace(
+        QUERIES.standardYamlFrontmatter,
+        (_, yaml) => '<!-- YAML\n' + yaml + '\n-->\n'
+      )
+      .replace(
+        QUERIES.stabilityIndexPrefix,
+        match => `[${match}](${STABILITY_INDEX_URL})`
+      );
 
     const relativePath = sep + withExt(relative(parent, path));
 
diff --git a/src/utils/queries/__tests__/index.test.mjs b/src/utils/queries/__tests__/index.test.mjs
index c7adf4ad..4bf4a840 100644
--- a/src/utils/queries/__tests__/index.test.mjs
+++ b/src/utils/queries/__tests__/index.test.mjs
@@ -1,9 +1,39 @@
-import { strictEqual } from 'node:assert';
+import { strictEqual, ok } from 'node:assert';
 import { describe, it } from 'node:test';
 
 import { u as createTree } from 'unist-builder';
 
-import { UNIST } from '../index.mjs';
+import { QUERIES, UNIST } from '../index.mjs';
+
+describe('QUERIES', () => {
+  describe('standardYamlFrontmatter', () => {
+    it('matches standard YAML frontmatter at the beginning of the text', () => {
+      const content = '---\nintroduced_in: v1.0.0\ntype: module\n---';
+      ok(QUERIES.standardYamlFrontmatter.test(content));
+
+      const match = QUERIES.standardYamlFrontmatter.exec(content);
+      strictEqual(match[1], 'introduced_in: v1.0.0\ntype: module');
+    });
+
+    it('matches standard YAML frontmatter with Windows line endings (CRLF)', () => {
+      const content = '---\r\nintroduced_in: v1.0.0\r\n---';
+      ok(QUERIES.standardYamlFrontmatter.test(content));
+
+      const match = QUERIES.standardYamlFrontmatter.exec(content);
+      strictEqual(match[1], 'introduced_in: v1.0.0');
+    });
+
+    it('does not match horizontal rules or dashes not at the start of the string', () => {
+      const content = '# Hello\n\n---\n\nSome text';
+      strictEqual(QUERIES.standardYamlFrontmatter.test(content), false);
+    });
+
+    it('does not match unclosed frontmatter blocks', () => {
+      const content = '---\nintroduced_in: v1.0.0\nSome text...';
+      strictEqual(QUERIES.standardYamlFrontmatter.test(content), false);
+    });
+  });
+});
 
 describe('UNIST', () => {
   describe('isStronglyTypedList', () => {
diff --git a/src/utils/queries/index.mjs b/src/utils/queries/index.mjs
index 9bccb448..cd120347 100644
--- a/src/utils/queries/index.mjs
+++ b/src/utils/queries/index.mjs
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ export const QUERIES = {
   stabilityIndexPrefix: /Stability: ([0-5](?:\.[0-3])?)/,
   // ReGeX for retrieving the inner content from a YAML block
   yamlInnerContent: /^<!--[ ]?(?:YAML([\s\S]*?)|([ \S]*?))?[ ]?-->/,
+  // ReGeX for standard Markdown YAML frontmatter
+  standardYamlFrontmatter: /^---\r?\n([\s\S]*?)\r?\n---/,
   // ReGeX for finding references to Unix manuals
   unixManualPage: /\b([a-z.]+)\((\d)([a-z]?)\)/g,
   // ReGeX for determing a typed list's non-property names