diff --git a/docs/.mdl_ruleset.rb b/docs/.mdl_ruleset.rb
index a32f752d2e65..7cf80606d77e 100644
--- a/docs/.mdl_ruleset.rb
+++ b/docs/.mdl_ruleset.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-rule 'HB034', 'Bare unstyled URL used' do
+# typed: true
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+rule "HB034", "Bare unstyled URL used" do
   tags :links, :url
-  aliases 'no-bare-unstyled-urls'
+  aliases "no-bare-unstyled-urls"
   check do |doc|
     doc.matching_text_element_lines(%r{(?<=\s)https?://})
   end
diff --git a/docs/.mdl_style.rb b/docs/.mdl_style.rb
index d7a297fede20..dda5902a4e8d 100644
--- a/docs/.mdl_style.rb
+++ b/docs/.mdl_style.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
+# typed: true
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
 all
-rule 'MD007', indent: 2 # Unordered list indentation
-rule 'MD026', punctuation: ',;:' # Trailing punctuation in header
-exclude_rule 'MD013' # Line length
-exclude_rule 'MD029' # Ordered list item prefix
-exclude_rule 'MD033' # Inline HTML
-exclude_rule 'MD034' # Bare URL used (replaced by HB034)
-exclude_rule 'MD046' # Code block style
+rule "MD007", indent: 2 # Unordered list indentation
+rule "MD026", punctuation: ",;:" # Trailing punctuation in header
+exclude_rule "MD013" # Line length
+exclude_rule "MD029" # Ordered list item prefix
+exclude_rule "MD033" # Inline HTML
+exclude_rule "MD034" # Bare URL used (replaced by HB034)
+exclude_rule "MD046" # Code block style
diff --git a/docs/.rubocop.yml b/docs/.rubocop.yml
index e5a8df064eca..1c984c707e2d 100644
--- a/docs/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/docs/.rubocop.yml
@@ -2,12 +2,9 @@ inherit_from: ../Library/.rubocop.yml
 
 AllCops:
   Exclude:
-    - Gemfile
-    - ".mdl*.rb"
-    - Rakefile
-    - "_site/**/*"
-    - Manpage.md
-    - "vendor/**/*"
+    - "**/_site/**/*"
+    - "**/Manpage.md"
+    - "**/vendor/**/*"
 
 # These are included in docs deliberately to show what
 # `brew create` does and what the user should replace.
@@ -22,7 +19,7 @@ FormulaAudit/Homepage:
 
 Layout/LineLength:
   Exclude:
-    - Bottles.md # The bottle block line length is long in its full form.
+    - "**/Bottles.md" # The bottle block line length is long in its full form.
 
 # Apparently Casks are allowed to have constant definitions in blocks and we document this.
 Lint/ConstantDefinitionInBlock:
diff --git a/docs/Gemfile b/docs/Gemfile
index f45f45b95f0d..12ef85fa9750 100644
--- a/docs/Gemfile
+++ b/docs/Gemfile
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
 source "https://rubygems.org"
 
 ruby file: ".ruby-version"
diff --git a/docs/Rakefile b/docs/Rakefile
index e3a39f805d1b..4d76f69297f9 100644
--- a/docs/Rakefile
+++ b/docs/Rakefile
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
 require "rake"
 
 task default: :build
diff --git a/docs/docs_rubocop_style.yml b/docs/docs_rubocop_style.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1c984c707e2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/docs_rubocop_style.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+inherit_from: ../Library/.rubocop.yml
+
+AllCops:
+  Exclude:
+    - "**/_site/**/*"
+    - "**/Manpage.md"
+    - "**/vendor/**/*"
+
+# These are included in docs deliberately to show what
+# `brew create` does and what the user should replace.
+FormulaAudit/Comments:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# This forces us to use dummy descriptions/homepages in example formulae which we don't need to clutter the docs with.
+FormulaAudit/Desc:
+  Enabled: false
+FormulaAudit/Homepage:
+  Enabled: false
+
+Layout/LineLength:
+  Exclude:
+    - "**/Bottles.md" # The bottle block line length is long in its full form.
+
+# Apparently Casks are allowed to have constant definitions in blocks and we document this.
+Lint/ConstantDefinitionInBlock:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# A fake regexp is deliberately documented for `inreplace` in the Formula Cookbook.
+Style/RedundantRegexpArgument:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Want to be able to display partial formulae in the docs.
+Style/TopLevelMethodDefinition:
+  Enabled: false