diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1b6fdd7c47280..2b7b3cb6c2114 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ test/coverage.json
 temp/
 new-docs/
 puppeteer.tgz
+docs-api-json/
diff --git a/api-extractor.json b/api-extractor.json
index 0426638054075..615f57fda3dff 100644
--- a/api-extractor.json
+++ b/api-extractor.json
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
   },
 
   "docModel": {
-    "enabled": true
+    "enabled": true,
+    "apiJsonFilePath": "<projectFolder>/docs-api-json/<unscopedPackageName>.api.json"
   },
 
   "dtsRollup": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 09b3fd071afee..800c356239cd3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,8 +35,9 @@
     "tsc-esm": "tsc -b src/tsconfig.esm.json",
     "apply-next-version": "node utils/apply_next_version.js",
     "test-install": "scripts/test-install.sh",
-    "generate-d-ts": "api-extractor run --local --verbose",
-    "generate-docs": "npm run generate-d-ts && api-documenter markdown -i temp -o new-docs",
+    "clean-docs": "rimraf new-docs && rimraf docs-api-json",
+    "generate-d-ts": "npm run clean-docs && api-extractor run --local --verbose",
+    "generate-docs": "npm run generate-d-ts && api-documenter markdown -i docs-api-json -o new-docs",
     "ensure-correct-devtools-protocol-revision": "ts-node -s scripts/ensure-correct-devtools-protocol-package",
     "ensure-pinned-deps": "ts-node -s scripts/ensure-pinned-deps",
     "test-types-file": "ts-node -s scripts/test-ts-definition-files.ts",