diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-lint-v2-comment.yml b/.github/workflows/docs-lint-v2-comment.yml
index 89c037c42f..a518588e55 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-lint-v2-comment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-lint-v2-comment.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Comment on external PRs with linter results
+name: docs_lint_comment_external
 
 # This is a continuation of ./docs-lint-v2.yml, to write comments on external
 # PRs.
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ name: Comment on external PRs with linter results
 
 on:
   workflow_run:
-    workflows: ['[Docs] Lint v2']
+    workflows: [docs_lint]
     types:
       - completed
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-lint-v2.yml b/.github/workflows/docs-lint-v2.yml
index cf543f15f1..4ceb1f8210 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-lint-v2.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-lint-v2.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: '[Docs] Lint v2'
+name: docs_lint
 
 # Runs the docs linter on PRs that edit docs content.
 # There are two branches of this workflow for internal and external PRs, due
@@ -102,3 +102,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: lint_results
           path: __github_actions__pr/
+      - name: fail if linter fails (external)
+        if: steps.filter.outputs.docs == 'true' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.repository && steps.external_lint.outputs.LINT_EXIT_CODE != 0
+        run: exit 1