diff --git a/scripts/check-yaml.py b/scripts/check-yaml.py
index 16de656f9..c1c0a5d0e 100755
--- a/scripts/check-yaml.py
+++ b/scripts/check-yaml.py
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 
 # Standard
 import argparse
+import glob
 import os
 import pathlib
+import re
 import sys
 
 # Third Party
@@ -49,8 +51,30 @@ def check(self) -> int:
                         "The \"%s\" file must be non-empty",
                         taxonomy.path.with_name(attribution_path.name),
                     )
+                # NOTE: The following three warnings are intended for the beta only, at the moment, and only to flag
+                # issues for maintainers to address rather than block on them. We will revisit when other content is
+                # allowed.
+                qna_file_contents = parser.parse(taxonomy.rel_path.with_name("qna.yaml")).contents
+                for element in qna_file_contents["document"]["patterns"]:
+                    if not re.match('.*.md', element):
+                        taxonomy.warning(
+                            "The document \"%s\" should be a markdown file.",
+                            element
+                        )
+                if not re.match('https://github\.com\/.*',qna_file_contents["document"]["repo"]):
+                    taxonomy.warning(
+                        "The document repo \"%s\" needs to be a GitHub-based repository.",
+                        qna_file_contents["document"]["repo"]
+                    )
+                if not re.match('[0-9a-f]{40}', qna_file_contents["document"]["commit"]):
+                    taxonomy.warning(
+                        "The document commit \"%s\" needs to be an alphanumeric value that represents a commit. \Please check with the reviewers for help.",
+                        qna_file_contents["document"]["commit"]
+                    )
             if taxonomy.errors > 0:
                 exit_code = 1
+            if taxonomy.warnings > 0:
+                exit_code = 0
         if not self.yaml_files:
             print("No yaml files specified.")
         return exit_code