diff --git a/test/examples/src/index.md b/test/examples/src/index.md
index 4f4b590691..e5a552a1a3 100644
--- a/test/examples/src/index.md
+++ b/test/examples/src/index.md
@@ -483,12 +483,6 @@ julia> x->x # ignore error on 0.7
 r = :a
 ```
 
-# Bad links (Windows)
-
-* [Colons not allowed on Windows -- `some:path`](some:path)
-* [No "drive" -- `:path`](:path)
-* [Absolute Windows paths -- `X:\some\path`](X:\some\path)
-
 # Rendering text/markdown
 
 ```@example
diff --git a/test/warnings/make.jl b/test/warnings/make.jl
index e48d14b1d8..25ccfd6b7f 100644
--- a/test/warnings/make.jl
+++ b/test/warnings/make.jl
@@ -97,6 +97,51 @@ julia> WarningTests.run_warnings_test("dollar")
 """
 module UnbalancedDollarWarningTests end
 
+@doc raw"""
+```jldoctest; setup=:(using ..WarningTests)
+julia> WarningTests.run_warnings_test("windows_paths")
+[ Info: SetupBuildDirectory: setting up build directory.
+[ Info: Doctest: running doctests.
+[ Info: ExpandTemplates: expanding markdown templates.
+[ Info: CrossReferences: building cross-references.
+┌ Warning: invalid local link/image: file does not exist in src/windows_paths.md
+│   link =
+│    @ast MarkdownAST.Link("some:path", "") do
+│      MarkdownAST.Text("Colons not allowed on Windows ")
+│      MarkdownAST.Text("–")
+│      MarkdownAST.Text(" ")
+│      MarkdownAST.Code("some:path")
+│    end
+│
+└ @ Documenter
+┌ Warning: invalid local link/image: file does not exist in src/windows_paths.md
+│   link =
+│    @ast MarkdownAST.Link(":path", "") do
+│      MarkdownAST.Text("No 'drive' ")
+│      MarkdownAST.Text("–")
+│      MarkdownAST.Text(" ")
+│      MarkdownAST.Code(":path")
+│    end
+│
+└ @ Documenter
+┌ Warning: invalid local link/image: file does not exist in src/windows_paths.md
+│   link =
+│    @ast MarkdownAST.Link("X:\\some\\path", "") do
+│      MarkdownAST.Text("Absolute Windows paths ")
+│      MarkdownAST.Text("–")
+│      MarkdownAST.Text(" ")
+│      MarkdownAST.Code("X:\\some\\path")
+│    end
+│
+└ @ Documenter
+[ Info: CheckDocument: running document checks.
+[ Info: Populate: populating indices.
+[ Info: RenderDocument: rendering document.
+[ Info: HTMLWriter: rendering HTML pages.
+```
+"""
+module WindowsPathSeparatorWarningTests end
+
 fixtests = haskey(ENV, "DOCUMENTER_FIXTESTS")
 
 # run the doctests in Julia >= 1.10 (some outputs have minor difference in
diff --git a/test/warnings/src/windows_paths.md b/test/warnings/src/windows_paths.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d3c000ae5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/warnings/src/windows_paths.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Bad links (Windows)
+
+Added in PR #485.
+
+* [Colons not allowed on Windows -- `some:path`](some:path)
+* [No 'drive' -- `:path`](:path)
+* [Absolute Windows paths -- `X:\some\path`](X:\some\path)