diff --git a/test/doctool/test-doctool-html.js b/test/doctool/test-doctool-html.js
index afd89489f1..7aa8841451 100644
--- a/test/doctool/test-doctool-html.js
+++ b/test/doctool/test-doctool-html.js
@@ -27,6 +27,26 @@ const testData = [
       'Reference/Global_Objects/Array" class="type">&lt;Array&gt;</a></li>' +
       '</ul></div>'
   },
+  {
+    'file': common.fixturesDir + '/doc_with_yaml.md',
+    'html': '<h1>Sample Markdown with YAML info' +
+      '<span><a class="mark" href="#foo_sample_markdown_with_yaml_info" ' +
+      ' id="foo_sample_markdown_with_yaml_info">#</a></span></h1>' +
+      '<h2>Foobar<span><a class="mark" href="#foo_foobar" ' +
+      'id="foo_foobar">#</a></span></h2>' +
+      '<div class="api_metadata"><span>Added: v1.0.0</span></div> ' +
+      '<p>Describe <code>Foobar</code> in more detail here.</p>' +
+      '<h2>Deprecated thingy<span><a class="mark" ' +
+      'href="#foo_deprecated_thingy" id="foo_deprecated_thingy">#</a>' +
+      '</span></h2>' +
+      '<div class="api_metadata"><span>Added: v1.0.0</span></div><p>Describe ' +
+      '<code>Deprecated thingy</code> in more detail here.</p>' +
+      '<h2>Something<span><a class="mark" href="#foo_something" ' +
+      'id="foo_something">#</a></span></h2> ' +
+      '<!-- This is not a metadata comment --> ' +
+      '<p>Describe <code>Something</code> in more detail here. ' +
+      '</p>'
+  },
 ];
 
 testData.forEach(function(item) {
diff --git a/test/doctool/test-doctool-json.js b/test/doctool/test-doctool-json.js
index 31e260fcb0..ed7eb64a0e 100644
--- a/test/doctool/test-doctool-json.js
+++ b/test/doctool/test-doctool-json.js
@@ -64,6 +64,53 @@ var testData = [
         'displayName': 'Title'
       } ]
     }
+  },
+  {
+    'file': common.fixturesDir + '/doc_with_yaml.md',
+    'json': {
+      'source': 'foo',
+      'modules': [
+        {
+          'textRaw': 'Sample Markdown with YAML info',
+          'name': 'sample_markdown_with_yaml_info',
+          'modules': [
+            {
+              'textRaw': 'Foobar',
+              'name': 'foobar',
+              'meta': {
+                'added': 'v1.0.0'
+              },
+              'desc': '<p>Describe <code>Foobar</code> in more detail ' +
+                'here.\n\n</p>\n',
+              'type': 'module',
+              'displayName': 'Foobar'
+            },
+            {
+              'textRaw': 'Deprecated thingy',
+              'name': 'deprecated_thingy',
+              'meta': {
+                'added': 'v1.0.0',
+                'deprecated': 'v2.0.0'
+              },
+              'desc': '<p>Describe <code>Deprecated thingy</code> in more ' +
+                'detail here.\n\n</p>\n',
+              'type': 'module',
+              'displayName': 'Deprecated thingy'
+            },
+            {
+              'textRaw': 'Something',
+              'name': 'something',
+              'desc': '<!-- This is not a metadata comment -->\n\n<p>' +
+                'Describe <code>Something</code> in more detail here.\n</p>\n',
+              'type': 'module',
+              'displayName': 'Something'
+            }
+          ],
+          'type': 'module',
+          'displayName': 'Sample Markdown with YAML info'
+        }
+      ]
+    }
   }
 ];
 
diff --git a/test/fixtures/doc_with_yaml.md b/test/fixtures/doc_with_yaml.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..03411d5bf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/doc_with_yaml.md
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Sample Markdown with YAML info
+
+## Foobar
+<!-- YAML
+added: v1.0.0
+-->
+
+Describe `Foobar` in more detail here.
+
+## Deprecated thingy
+<!-- YAML
+added: v1.0.0
+deprecated: v2.0.0
+-->
+
+Describe `Deprecated thingy` in more detail here.
+
+## Something
+<!-- This is not a metadata comment -->
+
+Describe `Something` in more detail here.