diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 4fc52dd..be93d7e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -31,3 +31,10 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run build
         run: npm run build
+
+      - name: Generate API docs
+        run: npm run docs:generate
+
+      # We do this because we want to surface doc-building errors early
+      - name: Build docs
+        run: vitepress build docs
diff --git a/scripts/generate-api-docs.ts b/scripts/generate-api-docs.ts
index 67cad16..ec78d8e 100644
--- a/scripts/generate-api-docs.ts
+++ b/scripts/generate-api-docs.ts
@@ -134,8 +134,18 @@ const generateDocs = (entryFiles: string[], apiConfigFile: string, dry = false)
 				if (aliasedDeclaration) {
 					const sourceFile = aliasedDeclaration.getSourceFile();
 					const moduleSymbol = typeChecker.getSymbolAtLocation(sourceFile);
-					if (moduleSymbol) {
+					// If the aliased declaration lives in a module we've already visited (e.g. a
+					// same-file `export type { Foo }` re-export of a local declaration), recursing
+					// won't reach it, so add the alias symbol directly. Otherwise follow the reexport.
+					if (moduleSymbol && !visited.has(moduleSymbol)) {
 						symbols.push(...getAllExportedSymbols(moduleSymbol, visited));
+					} else {
+						// Push the aliased symbol (not the alias) so downstream sees the real
+						// declaration and its JSDoc rather than the empty ExportSpecifier.
+						const hasPublicTag = ts.getJSDocTags(aliasedDeclaration).some(tag => tag.tagName.text === 'public');
+						if (hasPublicTag) {
+							symbols.push(aliasedSymbol);
+						}
 					}
 				}
 			}