diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a1c954a49c..24c0bc736e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -200,3 +200,4 @@ As with [other Sourcegraph telemetry](https://docs.sourcegraph.com/dev/backgroun
 ## Development
 
 Some useful notes on developing `src` can be found in [DEVELOPMENT.md](DEVELOPMENT.md).
+Hello World
diff --git a/docker/batch-change-volume-workspace/README.md b/docker/batch-change-volume-workspace/README.md
index fc352a7ec2..2138445e8d 100644
--- a/docker/batch-change-volume-workspace/README.md
+++ b/docker/batch-change-volume-workspace/README.md
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ If you update this description, you _must_ also update the description at
 https://hub.docker.com/r/sourcegraph/src-batch-change-volume-workspace — this
 does not happen automatically!
 -->
+Hello World
diff --git a/internal/validate/README.md b/internal/validate/README.md
index e69de29bb2..557db03de9 100644
--- a/internal/validate/README.md
+++ b/internal/validate/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Hello World