diff --git a/src/generators/metadata/constants.mjs b/src/generators/metadata/constants.mjs
index 14d22757..12ed7fd5 100644
--- a/src/generators/metadata/constants.mjs
+++ b/src/generators/metadata/constants.mjs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // These openers/closers are used to determine if a type string is well-formed
 export const TYPE_OPENERS = new Set(['<', '(', '{', '[']);
 export const TYPE_CLOSERS = new Set(['>', ')', '}', ']']);
+export const PREFIXES = ['typeof ', 'keyof ', 'readonly ', 'unique '];
 
 // On "About this Documentation", we define the stability indices, and thus
 // we don't need to check it for stability references
diff --git a/src/generators/metadata/utils/__tests__/transformers.test.mjs b/src/generators/metadata/utils/__tests__/transformers.test.mjs
index 7405ddcb..fd5a8cd8 100644
--- a/src/generators/metadata/utils/__tests__/transformers.test.mjs
+++ b/src/generators/metadata/utils/__tests__/transformers.test.mjs
@@ -93,6 +93,24 @@ describe('transformTypeToReferenceLink', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it('should correctly extract TS prefix operators and link the underlying type', () => {
+    strictEqual(
+      transformTypeToReferenceLink('typeof Compiler', {
+        Compiler: '/api/Compiler',
+      }),
+      'typeof [`<Compiler>`](/api/Compiler)'
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should not incorrectly strip prefixes if they are part of the type name (word boundary)', () => {
+    strictEqual(
+      transformTypeToReferenceLink('typeofSomething', {
+        typeofSomething: '/api/typeofSomething',
+      }),
+      '[`<typeofSomething>`](/api/typeofSomething)'
+    );
+  });
+
   it('should handle extreme nested combinations of functions, arrays, generics, unions, and intersections', () => {
     const input =
       '(str: string[]) => Promise<Map<string, number & string>, Map<string | number>>';
diff --git a/src/generators/metadata/utils/typeParser.mjs b/src/generators/metadata/utils/typeParser.mjs
index 5d977379..e2fcd10b 100644
--- a/src/generators/metadata/utils/typeParser.mjs
+++ b/src/generators/metadata/utils/typeParser.mjs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { TYPE_OPENERS, TYPE_CLOSERS } from '../constants.mjs';
+import { TYPE_OPENERS, TYPE_CLOSERS, PREFIXES } from '../constants.mjs';
 
 /** True when the `>` at `i` is the tail of `=>` and shouldn't pop depth. */
 const isArrowTail = (str, i) => str[i] === '>' && str[i - 1] === '=';
@@ -206,6 +206,13 @@ export const parseType = (typeString, transformType) => {
     return parts.map(p => resolveOr(p, transformType)).join(joiner);
   }
 
+  for (const prefix of PREFIXES) {
+    if (trimmed.startsWith(prefix)) {
+      const rest = trimmed.slice(prefix.length).trim();
+      return `${prefix.trim()} ${resolveOr(rest, transformType)}`;
+    }
+  }
+
   // Strip a trailing `[]` for now; reapply on the way out.
   const isArray = trimmed.endsWith('[]');
   const core = isArray ? trimmed.slice(0, -2).trim() : trimmed;