diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5df1e7d7bf14..4dda7d51248e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@
     "check-dependencies": "node ./scripts/check-mismatched-dependencies.cjs",
     "docs": "run-s docs:build docs:update-functions-path",
     "docs:build": "typedoc --tsconfig tsconfig.build.json",
-    "docs:markdown-for-agoric-documentation-repo": "typedoc --plugin typedoc-plugin-markdown --tsconfig tsconfig.build.json",
+    "docs:markdown-for-agoric-documentation-repo": "run-s docs:markdown-build docs:update-functions-path",
+    "docs:markdown-build": "typedoc --plugin typedoc-plugin-markdown --tsconfig tsconfig.build.json",
     "docs:update-functions-path": "node ./scripts/update-typedoc-functions-path.cjs",
     "lerna": "lerna",
     "link-cli": "yarn run create-agoric-cli",