diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/services/auto-link-filters/ignoreGenericWords.js b/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/services/auto-link-filters/ignoreGenericWords.js
index d1496d39d8..c1c84b821e 100644
--- a/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/services/auto-link-filters/ignoreGenericWords.js
+++ b/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/services/auto-link-filters/ignoreGenericWords.js
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
  */
 
 module.exports = function ignoreGenericWords() {
-  const ignoredWords = new Set(['a', 'classes', 'create', 'error', 'group', 'request', 'target', 'value']);
+  const ignoredWords = new Set(['a', 'classes', 'create', 'error', 'group', 'request', 'target', 'value', '_']);
   return (docs, words, index) => ignoredWords.has(words[index].toLowerCase()) ? [] : docs;
 };
diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/services/auto-link-filters/ignoreGenericWords.spec.js b/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/services/auto-link-filters/ignoreGenericWords.spec.js
index de843a3c23..d82e5e2273 100644
--- a/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/services/auto-link-filters/ignoreGenericWords.spec.js
+++ b/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/services/auto-link-filters/ignoreGenericWords.spec.js
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ describe('ignoreGenericWords', () => {
     expect(ignoreGenericWords(docs, words, 1)).toEqual([]);
     expect(ignoreGenericWords(docs, words, 2)).toEqual(docs);
   });
+
+  it('should ignore `_` in all docs', () => {
+    const docs = [{docType: 'package', name: 'create'}, {docType: 'class', name: 'Foo'}];
+    const words = ['_'];
+    expect(ignoreGenericWords(docs, words, 0)).toEqual([]);
+  });
 });