diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index 3036e8b3a1..2432e24f25 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@
 [General Maintainer] @approvers/general/maintainer
 *
 
+[Documentation] @approvers/docs
+*/README
+*.md
+*.rst
+*.txt
+
 # CPUKit
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