diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 04d63505..a0047c0e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -85,6 +85,26 @@ jobs:
       - name: lint
         run: make lint
 
+  ########################
+  # Verify documentation
+  ########################
+  docs-check:
+    name: verify that auto-generated documentation is up-to-date
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: git checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: setup go ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: '~${{ env.GO_VERSION }}'
+
+      - name: check
+        run: make docs-check
+
   ########################
   # run unit tests
   ########################