diff --git a/apps/docsite/src/components/docs/DocPageLayout.tsx b/apps/docsite/src/components/docs/DocPageLayout.tsx
index b18f51523b29..e2a917af43d4 100644
--- a/apps/docsite/src/components/docs/DocPageLayout.tsx
+++ b/apps/docsite/src/components/docs/DocPageLayout.tsx
@@ -13,11 +13,24 @@ import {Text, Heading} from '@astryxdesign/core/Text';
 import {VStack} from '@astryxdesign/core/Layout';
 import {Section} from '@astryxdesign/core/Section';
 import {Divider} from '@astryxdesign/core/Divider';
+import {typeScaleVars} from '@astryxdesign/core/theme/tokens.stylex';
 import {layout} from '../../layout.stylex';
 
 const styles = stylex.create({
   section: {
     marginInline: 'auto',
+    // Article body text reads larger and airier than the app default
+    // (body = 14px / 1.43). Re-assigning the body size/leading tokens here
+    // scopes the change to body-typed Text *inside* an article only: the
+    // title (display-1) and subtitle (large) use different tokens, and the
+    // sidebar/top-nav live in a different subtree, so nothing else shifts.
+    //
+    // Leading follows the type scale's convention (unitless ratio = a
+    // 4px-grid-snapped line box ÷ font size, per expandTypeScale's
+    // computeLeading). The grid-snapped value closest to the requested ~1.7
+    // at 16px is 28px ÷ 16px = 1.75.
+    [typeScaleVars['--text-body-size']]: '1rem', // 16px
+    [typeScaleVars['--text-body-leading']]: '1.75', // 28px line box
   },
 });
 
@@ -31,7 +44,10 @@ export function DocPageLayout({
   children: ReactNode;
 }) {
   return (
-    <Section maxWidth={layout.proseMaxWidth} padding={6} xstyle={styles.section}>
+    <Section
+      maxWidth={layout.proseMaxWidth}
+      padding={6}
+      xstyle={styles.section}>
       <VStack gap={10}>
         <VStack gap={4}>
           <Heading level={1} type="display-1">
diff --git a/apps/docsite/src/components/docs/ProseBlock.tsx b/apps/docsite/src/components/docs/ProseBlock.tsx
index f2afdab616eb..d532fc9c1f15 100644
--- a/apps/docsite/src/components/docs/ProseBlock.tsx
+++ b/apps/docsite/src/components/docs/ProseBlock.tsx
@@ -8,9 +8,15 @@ import {renderInlineMarkdown} from './inlineMarkdown';
 import {layout} from '../../layout.stylex';
 
 const styles = stylex.create({
-  prose: {maxWidth: layout.proseMaxWidth},
+  // marginBlock: 0 — the <p> UA margin would otherwise double up with the
+  // VStack gap that already spaces blocks apart.
+  prose: {maxWidth: layout.proseMaxWidth, marginBlock: 0},
 });
 
 export function ProseBlock({text}: {text: string}) {
-  return <Text xstyle={styles.prose}>{renderInlineMarkdown(text)}</Text>;
+  return (
+    <Text as="p" display="block" xstyle={styles.prose}>
+      {renderInlineMarkdown(text)}
+    </Text>
+  );
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli/templates/pages/documentation-technical/page.tsx b/packages/cli/templates/pages/documentation-technical/page.tsx
index 1e873d4ce13e..c571b4c07141 100644
--- a/packages/cli/templates/pages/documentation-technical/page.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/templates/pages/documentation-technical/page.tsx
@@ -138,9 +138,9 @@ export default function TechnicalDocumentationPage() {
                 </HStack>
                 <Text type="body" color="secondary">
                   Help me get set up with Product Name. Based on my project, do
-                  the following: 1. Install @astryxdesign/core and the StyleX compiler.
-                  2. Wrap my app in ThemeProvider. 3. Replace one existing
-                  component with an Astryx equivalent.
+                  the following: 1. Install @astryxdesign/core and the StyleX
+                  compiler. 2. Wrap my app in ThemeProvider. 3. Replace one
+                  existing component with an Astryx equivalent.
                 </Text>
               </VStack>
             </Card>
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ export default function TechnicalDocumentationPage() {
                   Step 2: Add the StyleX compiler
                 </Text>
                 <Text type="body" color="secondary">
-                  Astryx uses StyleX for styling. Add the compiler plugin to your
-                  build configuration.
+                  Astryx uses StyleX for styling. Add the compiler plugin to
+                  your build configuration.
                 </Text>
                 <CodeBlock
                   code="npm install @stylexjs/babel-plugin"