diff --git a/docs/.pages b/docs/.pages
index 8d0a8cc..3d584ad 100644
--- a/docs/.pages
+++ b/docs/.pages
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-# Section ordering for the MkDocs awesome-pages plugin on docs.lyrapup.pet.
+# Section title and ordering for the MkDocs awesome-pages plugin on
+# docs.lyrapup.pet.
+#
+# The title is set explicitly: with no entry in the site's nav, MkDocs derives
+# the section name from the directory and renders it title-cased as "Nixfiles".
+title: nixfiles
+
 # `index.md` is this repository's root README, copied in by the docs-site build
 # before this directory is synced over the top. The trailing `...` picks up any
 # page added later, so a new file needs no edit here.