diff --git a/lib/start-server.js b/lib/start-server.js
index fcc49acfc9..8224d0b16d 100755
--- a/lib/start-server.js
+++ b/lib/start-server.js
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ tcpPortUsed.check(port, "localhost")
     );
     process.exit(1);
   } else {
+    console.log("Starting Docusaurus server on port " + port + "...");
     // start local server on specified port
     const server = require("./server/server.js");
     server(port);
diff --git a/lib/version.js b/lib/version.js
index 01fe7be96a..429aac1928 100755
--- a/lib/version.js
+++ b/lib/version.js
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ files.forEach(file => {
 
   const res = readMetadata.extractMetadata(fs.readFileSync(file, "utf8"));
   let metadata = res.metadata;
+  // Don't version any docs without any metadata whatsoever.
+  if (Object.keys(metadata).length === 0) {
+    return;
+  }
   let rawContent = res.rawContent;
   if (!metadata.id) {
     metadata.id = path.basename(file, path.extname(file));