diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eb34bdf9..f9f7021b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# 0.14.0 (Unreleased)
+
+BUG FIXES:
+
+* cmd/validate: allow top level templates (`resources.md.tmpl` and `data-sources.md.tmpl`) to pass validation ([#184](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-docs/pull/184)).
+
 # 0.13.0 (July 8, 2022)
 
 ENHANCEMENTS:
diff --git a/internal/provider/validate.go b/internal/provider/validate.go
index 5bc53656..1dc5437c 100644
--- a/internal/provider/validate.go
+++ b/internal/provider/validate.go
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ func Validate(ui cli.Ui) error {
 				return err
 			}
 		}
-		return err
 	case dirExists("docs"):
 		ui.Info("detected static docs directory, running checks")
 		return validateStaticDocs(ui, "docs")
@@ -43,6 +42,8 @@ func Validate(ui cli.Ui) error {
 		return validateLegacyWebsite(ui, "website")
 	}
 
+	ui.Info("validation checks complete, no issues detected!")
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -55,6 +56,10 @@ func validateTemplates(ui cli.Ui, dir string) error {
 		checkAllowedFiles(
 			"index.md",
 			"index.md.tmpl",
+			"resources.md",
+			"resources.md.tmpl",
+			"data-sources.md",
+			"data-sources.md.tmpl",
 		),
 		checkAllowedDirs(
 			"data-sources",