diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/post-processors/auto-link-code.js b/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/post-processors/auto-link-code.js
index 383fa2704d..f84481bace 100644
--- a/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/post-processors/auto-link-code.js
+++ b/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/post-processors/auto-link-code.js
@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ module.exports = function autoLinkCode(getDocFromAlias) {
     }
 
     var doc = docs[0];
+
+    const isInvalidDoc = doc.docType === 'member' && !keyword.includes('.');
+    if (isInvalidDoc) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
     if (doc.path === '') {
       var message = `
       autoLinkCode: Doc path is empty for "${doc.id}" - link will not be generated for "${keyword}".
diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/post-processors/auto-link-code.spec.js b/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/post-processors/auto-link-code.spec.js
index 676cfa2c71..98c4e596f4 100644
--- a/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/post-processors/auto-link-code.spec.js
+++ b/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/post-processors/auto-link-code.spec.js
@@ -135,6 +135,16 @@ describe('autoLinkCode post-processor', () => {
        expect(doc.renderedContent).toEqual('<code>MyClass</code>');
      });
 
+  it('should ignore documents when the `docType` is set to `member` and the keyword doesn\'t include `.`',
+     () => {
+       aliasMap.addDoc({docType: 'class', id: 'MyClass', aliases: ['MyClass'], path: 'a/b/myclass'});
+       aliasMap.addDoc(
+           {docType: 'member', id: 'MyEnum', aliases: ['MyEnum'], path: 'a/b/c'});
+       const doc = {docType: 'test-doc', renderedContent: '<code>MyClass</code>'};
+       processor.$process([doc]);
+       expect(doc.renderedContent).toEqual('<code><a href="a/b/myclass" class="code-anchor">MyClass</a></code>');
+     });
+
   it('should insert anchors for individual text nodes within a code block', () => {
     aliasMap.addDoc({docType: 'class', id: 'MyClass', aliases: ['MyClass'], path: 'a/b/myclass'});
     const doc = {