diff --git a/.github/workflows/builds.yml b/.github/workflows/build-docs.yml
similarity index 78%
rename from .github/workflows/builds.yml
rename to .github/workflows/build-docs.yml
index be0ea25a..4ebbec4b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/builds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-docs.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
-name: Builds
+name: Build documentation
 on:
-  - push
-  - pull_request
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - docs/**
+      - .sphinx/**
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - docs/**
+      - .sphinx/**
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/test-docs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e33ed753
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-docs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+name: Documentation tests
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - "**.md"
+      - .sphinx/**
+      - doc/**
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - "**.md"
+      - .sphinx/**
+      - doc/**
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  documentation:
+    name: Documentation tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get install aspell aspell-en
+          sudo snap install mdl
+
+      - name: Run markdown linter
+        run: |
+          make doc-lint
+
+      - name: Run spell checker
+        run: |
+          make doc-spellcheck
+
+      - name: Run inclusive naming checker
+        uses: get-woke/woke-action@v0
+        with:
+          fail-on-error: true
+          woke-args: "*.md **/*.md -c https://github.com/canonical-web-and-design/Inclusive-naming/raw/main/config.yml"
+
+      - name: Run link checker
+        # This can fail intermittently due to external resources being unavailable.
+        continue-on-error: true
+        run: |
+          make doc-linkcheck
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index fd9f2943..d0f5e402 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
-name: Tests
+name: Code tests
 on:
-  - push
-  - pull_request
+  push:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "**.md"
+      - .sphinx/**
+      - doc/**
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "**.md"
+      - .sphinx/**
+      - doc/**
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -53,35 +61,3 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Unit tests (all)
         run: make check
-
-  documentation:
-    name: Documentation tests
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get install aspell aspell-en
-          sudo snap install mdl
-
-      - name: Run markdown linter
-        run: |
-          make doc-lint
-
-      - name: Run spell checker
-        run: |
-          make doc-spellcheck
-
-      - name: Run inclusive naming checker
-        uses: get-woke/woke-action@v0
-        with:
-          fail-on-error: true
-          woke-args: "*.md **/*.md -c https://github.com/canonical-web-and-design/Inclusive-naming/raw/main/config.yml"
-
-      - name: Run link checker
-        # This can fail intermittently due to external resources being unavailable.
-        continue-on-error: true
-        run: |
-          make doc-linkcheck