diff --git a/src/Elastic.Markdown/IO/MarkdownFileFactory.cs b/src/Elastic.Markdown/IO/MarkdownFileFactory.cs
index e27b89203..cd246c804 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.Markdown/IO/MarkdownFileFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Elastic.Markdown/IO/MarkdownFileFactory.cs
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ private DocumentationFile CreateMarkDownFile(IFileInfo file, BuildContext contex
 		if (context.Configuration.IsExcluded(relativePath))
 			return new ExcludedFile(file, sourceDirectory, context.Git.RepositoryName);
 
-		if (relativePath.Contains("_snippets"))
+		if (relativePath.Contains($"{Path.DirectorySeparatorChar}_snippets{Path.DirectorySeparatorChar}")
+			|| relativePath.StartsWith($"_snippets{Path.DirectorySeparatorChar}"))
 			return new SnippetFile(file, sourceDirectory, context.Git.RepositoryName);
 
 		// we ignore files in folders that start with an underscore
diff --git a/src/Elastic.Markdown/Myst/Directives/Include/IncludeBlock.cs b/src/Elastic.Markdown/Myst/Directives/Include/IncludeBlock.cs
index 70aac6079..628b11a36 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.Markdown/Myst/Directives/Include/IncludeBlock.cs
+++ b/src/Elastic.Markdown/Myst/Directives/Include/IncludeBlock.cs
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ private void ExtractInclusionPath(ParserContext context)
 
 		var file = Build.ReadFileSystem.FileInfo.New(IncludePath);
 
-		if (file.Directory != null && file.Directory.FullName.IndexOf("_snippets", StringComparison.Ordinal) < 0)
+		if (file.Directory != null && !file.Directory.FullName.Split(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar, Path.AltDirectorySeparatorChar).Contains("_snippets"))
 		{
 			this.EmitError($"{{include}} only supports including snippets from `_snippet` folders. `{IncludePath}` is not a snippet");
 			Found = false;
diff --git a/tests/Elastic.Markdown.Tests/MockFileSystemExtensions.cs b/tests/Elastic.Markdown.Tests/MockFileSystemExtensions.cs
index 34dedcd82..d2c03c25c 100644
--- a/tests/Elastic.Markdown.Tests/MockFileSystemExtensions.cs
+++ b/tests/Elastic.Markdown.Tests/MockFileSystemExtensions.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public static void GenerateDocSetYaml(
 			.EnumerateFiles(root.FullName, "*.md", SearchOption.AllDirectories);
 		foreach (var markdownFile in markdownFiles)
 		{
-			if (markdownFile.Contains("_snippet"))
+			if (markdownFile.Contains($"{Path.DirectorySeparatorChar}_snippets{Path.DirectorySeparatorChar}"))
 				continue;
 			var relative = fileSystem.Path.GetRelativePath(root.FullName, markdownFile);
 			yaml.WriteLine($" - file: {relative}");
diff --git a/tests/Elastic.Markdown.Tests/OutputDirectoryTests.cs b/tests/Elastic.Markdown.Tests/OutputDirectoryTests.cs
index 7da8236f6..47117ff35 100644
--- a/tests/Elastic.Markdown.Tests/OutputDirectoryTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Elastic.Markdown.Tests/OutputDirectoryTests.cs
@@ -43,6 +43,35 @@ public async Task CreatesDefaultOutputDirectory()
 		fileSystem.Directory.Exists(".artifacts").Should().BeTrue();
 	}
 
+	[Fact]
+	public void FilesWithSnippetsInNameNotTreatedAsSnippets()
+	{
+		var logger = new TestLoggerFactory(output);
+		var fileSystem = new MockFileSystem(new Dictionary<string, MockFileData>
+		{
+			{ "docs/docset.yml",
+				//language=yaml
+				new MockFileData("""
+project: test
+toc:
+- file: index.md
+- file: top_snippets.md
+""") },
+			{ "docs/index.md", new MockFileData("# Test") },
+			{ "docs/top_snippets.md", new MockFileData("# Top Snippets") }
+		}, new MockFileSystemOptions
+		{
+			CurrentDirectory = Paths.WorkingDirectoryRoot.FullName
+		});
+		var collector = new TestDiagnosticsCollector(output);
+		var configurationContext = TestHelpers.CreateConfigurationContext(fileSystem);
+		var context = new BuildContext(collector, fileSystem, configurationContext);
+		var linkResolver = new TestCrossLinkResolver();
+		var set = new DocumentationSet(context, logger, linkResolver);
+
+		set.MarkdownFiles.Should().Contain(f => f.RelativePath.EndsWith("top_snippets.md"));
+	}
+
 	[Theory]
 	[MemberData(nameof(ValidFileNames))]
 	public void OutputFileValidationValidNames(string fileName)