diff --git a/lib/get-document-type.js b/lib/get-document-type.js
index 8c3fab956e..11cebd7ca2 100644
--- a/lib/get-document-type.js
+++ b/lib/get-document-type.js
@@ -1,17 +1,34 @@
+// This function derives the document type from the *relative path* segment length,
+// where a relative path refers to the content path starting with the product dir.
+// For example: actions/index.md or github/getting-started-with-github/quickstart.md.
 module.exports = function getDocumentType (relativePath) {
+  // A non-index file is ALWAYS considered an article in this approach,
+  // even if it's at the category level (like actions/quickstart.md)
   if (!relativePath.endsWith('index.md')) {
     return 'article'
   }
 
-  // Derive the document type from the path segment length
-  switch (relativePath.split('/').length) {
-    case 1:
-      return 'homepage'
-    case 2:
-      return 'product'
-    case 3:
-      return 'category'
-    case 4:
-      return 'mapTopic'
+  const segmentLength = relativePath.split('/').length
+
+  // Early Access has an extra tree segment, so it has a different number of segments.
+  const isEarlyAccess = relativePath.startsWith('early-access')
+
+  const publicDocs = {
+    1: 'homepage',
+    2: 'product',
+    3: 'category',
+    4: 'mapTopic'
   }
+
+  const earlyAccessDocs = {
+    1: 'homepage',
+    2: 'early-access',
+    3: 'product',
+    4: 'category',
+    5: 'mapTopic'
+  }
+
+  return isEarlyAccess
+    ? earlyAccessDocs[segmentLength]
+    : publicDocs[segmentLength]
 }
diff --git a/lib/page.js b/lib/page.js
index 1254b83b73..66939414d7 100644
--- a/lib/page.js
+++ b/lib/page.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const slash = require('slash')
 const statsd = require('./statsd')
 const readFileContents = require('./read-file-contents')
 const getLinkData = require('./get-link-data')
+const getDocumentType = require('./get-document-type')
 const union = require('lodash/union')
 
 class Page {
@@ -76,6 +77,9 @@ class Page {
       this.introLinks.rawOverview = this.introLinks.overview
     }
 
+    // Is this the Homepage or a Product, Category, Topic, or Article?
+    this.documentType = getDocumentType(this.relativePath)
+
     // Get array of versions that the page is available in for fast lookup
     this.applicableVersions = getApplicableVersions(this.versions, this.fullPath)