diff --git a/src/Elastic.Markdown/DocumentationGenerator.cs b/src/Elastic.Markdown/DocumentationGenerator.cs
index bb61348d0..149512bc8 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.Markdown/DocumentationGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/Elastic.Markdown/DocumentationGenerator.cs
@@ -88,10 +88,10 @@ public async Task ResolveDirectoryTree(Cancel ctx)
 	public async Task GenerateAll(Cancel ctx)
 	{
 		var generationState = GetPreviousGenerationState();
-		if (!Context.SkipMetadata && (Context.Force || generationState == null))
-			DocumentationSet.ClearOutputDirectory();
 		// always delete output folder on CI
-		else if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("GITHUB_ACTIONS")))
+		if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("GITHUB_ACTIONS")))
+			DocumentationSet.ClearOutputDirectory();
+		else if (!Context.SkipMetadata && (Context.Force || generationState == null))
 			DocumentationSet.ClearOutputDirectory();
 
 		if (CompilationNotNeeded(generationState, out var offendingFiles, out var outputSeenChanges))