diff --git a/.github/workflows/frontend-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/frontend-lint.yml
index e5ceb117eea..fb0362bb580 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/frontend-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/frontend-lint.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
     outputs:
       changed: ${{ steps.detect-changes.outputs.frontend }}
+      prettier: ${{ steps.detect-changes.outputs.frontend == 'true' || steps.detect-changes.outputs.docs == 'true' }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
     # Run this workflow only for PRs from forks; if it gets merged into `main` or `release-*`,
     # the `lint-frontend-prettier-enterprise` workflow will run instead
-    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == true && needs.detect-changes.outputs.changed == 'true'
+    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == true && needs.detect-changes.outputs.prettier == 'true'
     name: Lint
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
       id-token: write
     # Run this workflow for non-PR events (like pushes to `main` or `release-*`) OR for internal PRs (PRs not from forks)
-    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false && needs.detect-changes.outputs.changed == 'true'
+    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false && needs.detect-changes.outputs.prettier == 'true'
     name: Lint
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps: