diff --git a/src/middleware.ts b/src/middleware.ts
index 68635e9..2052b9e 100644
--- a/src/middleware.ts
+++ b/src/middleware.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 import { betterFetch } from '@better-fetch/fetch';
 import createMiddleware from 'next-intl/middleware';
 import { type NextRequest, NextResponse } from 'next/server';
-import { LOCALES, routing } from './i18n/routing';
+import {
+  DEFAULT_LOCALE,
+  LOCALES,
+  LOCALE_COOKIE_NAME,
+  routing,
+} from './i18n/routing';
 import type { Session } from './lib/auth-types';
 import { getBaseUrl } from './lib/urls/urls';
 import {
@@ -23,9 +28,31 @@ const intlMiddleware = createMiddleware(routing);
  * to handle redirection. To avoid blocking requests by making API or database calls.
  */
 export default async function middleware(req: NextRequest) {
-  const { nextUrl, headers } = req;
+  const { nextUrl } = req;
   console.log('>> middleware start, pathname', nextUrl.pathname);
 
+  // Handle internal docs link redirection for internationalization
+  // Check if this is a docs page without locale prefix
+  if (nextUrl.pathname.startsWith('/docs/')) {
+    // Get the user's preferred locale from cookie
+    const localeCookie = req.cookies.get(LOCALE_COOKIE_NAME);
+    const preferredLocale = localeCookie?.value;
+
+    // If user has a non-default locale preference, redirect to localized version
+    if (
+      preferredLocale &&
+      preferredLocale !== DEFAULT_LOCALE &&
+      LOCALES.includes(preferredLocale)
+    ) {
+      const localizedPath = `/${preferredLocale}${nextUrl.pathname}${nextUrl.search}${nextUrl.hash}`;
+      console.log(
+        '<< middleware end, redirecting docs link to preferred locale:',
+        localizedPath
+      );
+      return NextResponse.redirect(new URL(localizedPath, nextUrl));
+    }
+  }
+
   // do not use getSession() here, it will cause error related to edge runtime
   // const session = await getSession();
   const { data: session } = await betterFetch<Session>(