diff --git a/test/sanity/validate-modules/main.py b/test/sanity/validate-modules/main.py
index b0d1e1a7588..b39038b27e0 100755
--- a/test/sanity/validate-modules/main.py
+++ b/test/sanity/validate-modules/main.py
@@ -802,7 +802,14 @@ class ModuleValidator(Validator):
                             msg='Module deprecated, but DOCUMENTATION.deprecated is missing'
                         )
 
-                self._validate_docs_schema(doc, doc_schema(self.object_name.split('.')[0]), 'DOCUMENTATION', 305)
+                if os.path.islink(self.object_path):
+                    # This module has an alias, which we can tell as it's a symlink
+                    # Rather than checking for `module: $filename` we need to check against the true filename
+                    self._validate_docs_schema(doc, doc_schema(os.readlink(self.object_path).split('.')[0]), 'DOCUMENTATION', 305)
+                else:
+                    # This is the normal case
+                    self._validate_docs_schema(doc, doc_schema(self.object_name.split('.')[0]), 'DOCUMENTATION', 305)
+
                 self._check_version_added(doc)
                 self._check_for_new_args(doc)