diff --git a/internal/git/scope.go b/internal/git/scope.go
index 117e6bc..5cd2b13 100644
--- a/internal/git/scope.go
+++ b/internal/git/scope.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func ResolveScope(root string, changedFiles []string, envFile string) Scope {
 			continue
 		}
 		switch {
-		case f == "base.yml", f == envFile, strings.HasPrefix(f, "labels/"):
+		case f == "base.yml", f == envFile, strings.HasPrefix(f, "labels/") && !strings.HasSuffix(f, ".md"):
 			scope.IncludeGlobal = true
 
 		case strings.HasPrefix(f, "teams/") && (strings.HasSuffix(f, ".yml") || strings.HasSuffix(f, ".yaml")):
@@ -65,8 +65,12 @@ func ResolveScope(root string, changedFiles []string, envFile string) Scope {
 	return scope
 }
 
-// isFleetResource returns true for files under the fleet-managed resource dirs.
+// isFleetResource returns true for files under the fleet-managed resource dirs,
+// excluding markdown files which are documentation, not fleet config.
 func isFleetResource(f string) bool {
+	if strings.HasSuffix(f, ".md") {
+		return false
+	}
 	for _, prefix := range fleetResourcePrefixes {
 		if strings.HasPrefix(f, prefix) {
 			return true
diff --git a/internal/git/scope_test.go b/internal/git/scope_test.go
index f6393ec..a0dd695 100644
--- a/internal/git/scope_test.go
+++ b/internal/git/scope_test.go
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ func TestResolveScope(t *testing.T) {
 			wantGlobal:    true,
 			wantTeamCount: 0,
 		},
+		{
+			name:          "labels/README.md does not set IncludeGlobal",
+			setup:         func(t *testing.T, root string) {},
+			changedFiles:  []string{"labels/README.md"},
+			wantGlobal:    false,
+			wantTeamCount: 0,
+		},
 		{
 			name:          "non-fleet file ignored",
 			setup:         func(t *testing.T, root string) {},
@@ -74,6 +81,14 @@ func TestResolveScope(t *testing.T) {
 			wantGlobal:    false,
 			wantTeamCount: 0,
 		},
+		{
+			name:          "README under resource dir ignored",
+			setup:         func(t *testing.T, root string) {},
+			changedFiles:  []string{"policies/README.md", "scripts/README.md", "queries/README.md"},
+			wantGlobal:    false,
+			wantTeamCount: 0,
+			wantChanged:   nil,
+		},
 		{
 			name:          "path traversal skipped",
 			setup:         func(t *testing.T, root string) {},
@@ -164,6 +179,11 @@ func TestIsFleetResource(t *testing.T) {
 		{"README.md", false},
 		{"base.yml", false},
 		{"labels/managed.yml", false},
+		{"policies/README.md", false},
+		{"scripts/README.md", false},
+		{"queries/README.md", false},
+		{"software/README.md", false},
+		{"profiles/README.md", false},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {