diff --git a/src/integration.ts b/src/integration.ts
index a20190894c..cac1d95f60 100644
--- a/src/integration.ts
+++ b/src/integration.ts
@@ -574,6 +574,7 @@ export function createDocsSite(options: CreateDocsSiteOptions = {} as CreateDocs
     }
     process.env.DOCS_BUILD_MODE = mode;
     process.env.DOCS_BASE = base ? base.replace(/\/$/, '') : '';
+    process.env.DOCS_TRAILING_SLASH = (astroExtra.trailingSlash as string) ?? 'ignore';
     if (!process.env.DOCS_ENV) {
         process.env.DOCS_ENV = mode;
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/remark-md-links.ts b/src/plugins/remark-md-links.ts
index 8fe567d3f9..378900eb50 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remark-md-links.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/remark-md-links.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,15 @@
  * Remark plugin: rewrite relative .md links to Astro-compatible URLs.
  *
  * Transforms `[label](./some-page.md)` or `[label](../folder/page.md#section)`
- * into root-relative URLs like `/products/.../some-page/` (with DOCS_BASE prepended).
+ * into root-relative URLs like `/products/.../some-page` (with DOCS_BASE prepended).
  *
  * Also prepends DOCS_BASE to bare root-relative internal links (e.g. `/grids/grid/...`)
  * that are already absolute but missing the site base path.
+ * 
+ * Respects trailing slash preference via DOCS_TRAILING_SLASH env var, which can be 'always', 'never', or 'ignore'.
+ * By default both Angular and Xplat astro docs use trailing slash 'never'.
+ *
+ * Non-relative links (starting with http://, https://, /, #, or mailto:) and non-.md links are left unchanged.
  */
 
 import { visit } from 'unist-util-visit';
@@ -36,7 +41,9 @@ function rewriteMdLink(url: string, filePath: string, docsDir: string): string {
   const slug = rel.endsWith('.md') ? rel.slice(0, -3) : rel;
 
   const docsBase = (process.env.DOCS_BASE ?? '').replace(/\/$/, '');
-  return docsBase + '/' + slug.toLowerCase() + '/' + suffix;
+  const trailingSlash = process.env.DOCS_TRAILING_SLASH ?? 'ignore';
+  const trail = trailingSlash === 'never' ? '' : '/';
+  return docsBase + '/' + slug.toLowerCase() + trail + suffix;
 }
 
 /** Remark plugin that rewrites relative .md links, prepends DOCS_BASE, and fixes relative image paths. */