diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 571b7f096c9f1..0eb669fea5524 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1 +1,11 @@
-* @elastic/docs-repo-owners
+# Docs Eng owns the codebase
+* @elastic/docs-engineering
+
+#Readme changes must be approved by writers
+*.asciidoc @elastic/docs-repo-owners
+
+# Writers and Docs Eng share ownership of config files
+/extra/ @elastic/docs-engineering @elastic/docs-repo-owners
+‎/resources/asciidoctor/lib/chunker/v3-mapping.json‎ @elastic/docs-engineering @elastic/docs-repo-owners
+/shared/ @elastic/docs-engineering @elastic/docs-repo-owners
+*.yaml @elastic/docs-engineering @elastic/docs-repo-owners