diff --git a/src/utils/queries/__tests__/index.test.mjs b/src/utils/queries/__tests__/index.test.mjs
index 36f0b1a1..e04a5d5c 100644
--- a/src/utils/queries/__tests__/index.test.mjs
+++ b/src/utils/queries/__tests__/index.test.mjs
@@ -110,4 +110,114 @@ describe('createQueries', () => {
     };
     queries.addStabilityMetadata(node, apiEntryMetadata);
   });
+
+  describe('UNIST', () => {
+    describe('isTypedList', () => {
+      it('returns false for non-list nodes', () => {
+        strictEqual(
+          createQueries.UNIST.isTypedList({ type: 'paragraph', children: [] }),
+          false
+        );
+      });
+
+      it('returns false for empty lists', () => {
+        strictEqual(
+          createQueries.UNIST.isTypedList({ type: 'list', children: [] }),
+          false
+        );
+      });
+
+      const cases = [
+        {
+          name: 'typedListStarters pattern match',
+          node: {
+            type: 'list',
+            children: [
+              {
+                children: [
+                  {
+                    children: [{ type: 'text', value: 'Returns: foo' }],
+                  },
+                ],
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+          expected: true,
+        },
+        {
+          name: 'direct type link pattern',
+          node: {
+            type: 'list',
+            children: [
+              {
+                children: [
+                  {
+                    children: [
+                      {
+                        type: 'link',
+                        children: [{ type: 'inlineCode', value: '<Type>' }],
+                      },
+                    ],
+                  },
+                ],
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+          expected: true,
+        },
+        {
+          name: 'inlineCode + space + type link pattern',
+          node: {
+            type: 'list',
+            children: [
+              {
+                children: [
+                  {
+                    children: [
+                      { type: 'inlineCode', value: 'foo' },
+                      { type: 'text', value: ' ' },
+                      {
+                        type: 'link',
+                        children: [{ type: 'text', value: '<Bar>' }],
+                      },
+                    ],
+                  },
+                ],
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+          expected: true,
+        },
+        {
+          name: 'non-matching content',
+          node: {
+            type: 'list',
+            children: [
+              {
+                children: [
+                  {
+                    children: [
+                      { type: 'inlineCode', value: 'not a valid prop' },
+                      { type: 'text', value: ' ' },
+                      {
+                        type: 'link',
+                        children: [{ type: 'text', value: '<Bar>' }],
+                      },
+                    ],
+                  },
+                ],
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+          expected: false,
+        },
+      ];
+
+      cases.forEach(({ name, node, expected }) => {
+        it(`returns ${expected} for ${name}`, () => {
+          strictEqual(createQueries.UNIST.isTypedList(node), expected);
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/utils/queries/constants.mjs b/src/utils/queries/constants.mjs
index 4e6a22b9..88537e2f 100644
--- a/src/utils/queries/constants.mjs
+++ b/src/utils/queries/constants.mjs
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@
 // This is the perma-link within the API docs that reference the Stability Index
 export const DOC_API_STABILITY_SECTION_REF_URL =
   'documentation.html#stability-index';
+
+export const VALID_JAVASCRIPT_PROPERTY = /^[.a-z0-9$_]+$/i;
diff --git a/src/utils/queries/index.mjs b/src/utils/queries/index.mjs
index 76810097..b6300d9a 100644
--- a/src/utils/queries/index.mjs
+++ b/src/utils/queries/index.mjs
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 import { u as createTree } from 'unist-builder';
 import { SKIP } from 'unist-util-visit';
 
-import { DOC_API_STABILITY_SECTION_REF_URL } from './constants.mjs';
+import {
+  DOC_API_STABILITY_SECTION_REF_URL,
+  VALID_JAVASCRIPT_PROPERTY,
+} from './constants.mjs';
 import {
   extractYamlContent,
   parseHeadingIntoMetadata,
@@ -278,15 +281,15 @@ createQueries.UNIST = {
     const [node, ...contentNodes] =
       list?.children?.[0]?.children?.[0]?.children ?? [];
 
-    // Exit if no content nodes
+    // Exit if no node
     if (!node) {
       return false;
     }
 
+    const possibleProperty = node?.value?.trimStart();
+
     // Check for other starters
-    if (
-      node.value?.trimStart().match(createQueries.QUERIES.typedListStarters)
-    ) {
+    if (possibleProperty?.match(createQueries.QUERIES.typedListStarters)) {
       return true;
     }
 
@@ -298,7 +301,8 @@ createQueries.UNIST = {
     // Check for inline code + space + type link pattern
     if (
       node.type === 'inlineCode' &&
-      contentNodes[0]?.value.trim() === '' &&
+      possibleProperty?.match(VALID_JAVASCRIPT_PROPERTY) &&
+      contentNodes[0]?.value?.trim() === '' &&
       contentNodes[1]?.type === 'link' &&
       contentNodes[1]?.children?.[0]?.value?.[0] === '<'
     ) {