diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-release-proposal.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-release-proposal.yml
index 5f0f9a87329b17..1ea2b4b1b173e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-release-proposal.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-release-proposal.yml
@@ -57,3 +57,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Verify NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE bit is correctly set
         run: |
           grep -q '^#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 1$' src/node_version.h
+      - name: Check for placeholders in documentation
+        run: |
+          ! grep "REPLACEME" doc/api/*.md