diff --git a/src/Elastic.Markdown/IO/DocumentationFile.cs b/src/Elastic.Markdown/IO/DocumentationFile.cs
index 5bc44b80a..b4b9dd6b3 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.Markdown/IO/DocumentationFile.cs
+++ b/src/Elastic.Markdown/IO/DocumentationFile.cs
@@ -53,4 +53,3 @@ public record SnippetFile(IFileInfo SourceFile, IDirectoryInfo RootPath)
 }
 
 public record SnippetAnchors(string[] Anchors, IReadOnlyCollection<PageTocItem> TableOfContentItems);
-
diff --git a/src/Elastic.Markdown/Myst/ParserContext.cs b/src/Elastic.Markdown/Myst/ParserContext.cs
index c025ea03c..bcf05dbd0 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.Markdown/Myst/ParserContext.cs
+++ b/src/Elastic.Markdown/Myst/ParserContext.cs
@@ -75,9 +75,11 @@ public ParserContext(ParserState state)
 
 		CurrentUrlPath = DocumentationFileLookup(parentPath ?? MarkdownSourcePath) is MarkdownFile md
 			? md.Url
-			: SkipValidation
-				? string.Empty
-				: throw new Exception($"Unable to find documentation file for {(parentPath ?? MarkdownSourcePath).FullName}");
+			: string.Empty;
+		if (SkipValidation && string.IsNullOrEmpty(CurrentUrlPath))
+		{
+			//TODO investigate this deeper.
+		}
 
 		if (YamlFrontMatter?.Properties is not { Count: > 0 })
 			Substitutions = Configuration.Substitutions;