diff --git a/src/util/swc.rs b/src/util/swc.rs
index cb49aecc2..d27123797 100644
--- a/src/util/swc.rs
+++ b/src/util/swc.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,19 @@ pub(crate) fn js_doc_for_range_include_ignore(
   if let Some(js_doc_comment) = comments.iter().rev().find(|comment| {
     comment.kind == CommentKind::Block && comment.text.starts_with('*')
   }) {
-    parse_js_doc(js_doc_comment, module_info)
+    let js_doc = parse_js_doc(js_doc_comment, module_info);
+    // A `@module` JSDoc block belongs to the file as a whole, not to the
+    // first symbol that happens to follow it. Without this guard the
+    // module-level documentation gets duplicated onto the first
+    // undocumented exported symbol (denoland/deno#30783).
+    if js_doc
+      .tags
+      .iter()
+      .any(|tag| matches!(tag, JsDocTag::Module { .. }))
+    {
+      return JsDoc::default();
+    }
+    js_doc
   } else {
     JsDoc::default()
   }
diff --git a/tests/specs/module_docs_undocumented_first_symbol.txt b/tests/specs/module_docs_undocumented_first_symbol.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3feeaa66f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/specs/module_docs_undocumented_first_symbol.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+# mod.ts
+/**
+ * The module docs.
+ *
+ * @module
+ */
+
+export function foo() {}
+
+/** This is the bar function. */
+export function bar() {}
+
+# diagnostics
+error[missing-jsdoc]: exported symbol is missing JSDoc documentation
+ --> /mod.ts:7:1
+  | 
+7 | export function foo() {}
+  | ^
+
+# output.txt
+The module docs.
+@module
+
+Defined in file:///mod.ts:9:1
+
+function bar(): void
+  This is the bar function.
+
+Defined in file:///mod.ts:6:1
+
+function foo(): void
+
+
+# output.json
+{
+  "module_doc": {
+    "doc": "The module docs.\n",
+    "tags": [
+      {
+        "kind": "module"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "symbols": [
+    {
+      "name": "foo",
+      "declarations": [
+        {
+          "location": {
+            "filename": "file:///mod.ts",
+            "line": 6,
+            "col": 0,
+            "byteIndex": 43
+          },
+          "declarationKind": "export",
+          "kind": "function",
+          "def": {
+            "params": [],
+            "returnType": {
+              "repr": "void",
+              "kind": "keyword",
+              "value": "void"
+            },
+            "hasBody": true
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "bar",
+      "declarations": [
+        {
+          "location": {
+            "filename": "file:///mod.ts",
+            "line": 9,
+            "col": 0,
+            "byteIndex": 102
+          },
+          "declarationKind": "export",
+          "jsDoc": {
+            "doc": "This is the bar function."
+          },
+          "kind": "function",
+          "def": {
+            "params": [],
+            "returnType": {
+              "repr": "void",
+              "kind": "keyword",
+              "value": "void"
+            },
+            "hasBody": true
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}