diff --git a/scripts/validate_ouroboros_docs.py b/scripts/validate_ouroboros_docs.py
index 9f1485e..902aded 100755
--- a/scripts/validate_ouroboros_docs.py
+++ b/scripts/validate_ouroboros_docs.py
@@ -51,27 +51,33 @@ def validate_metadata(path: Path, text: str, errors: list[str], doc_ids: dict[st
         doc_ids[doc_id] = path
 
 
-def validate_plan_source_link(path: Path, link: str, errors: list[str]) -> None:
+def validate_plan_source_link(path: Path, link: str, errors: list[str]) -> bool:
     normalized = link.strip()
-    match = PLAN_LINK_PATTERN.search(normalized)
+    # Ignore in-page anchors and parse the filesystem part for validation.
+    link_path = normalized.split("#", 1)[0].strip()
+    if not link_path:
+        return False
+    match = PLAN_LINK_PATTERN.search(link_path)
     if not match:
-        return
+        return False
 
     version = match.group("version")
     expected_target = ALLOWED_PLAN_TARGETS[version]
-    if normalized.startswith("/"):
+    if link_path.startswith("/"):
         errors.append(
             f"{path}: invalid plan link path -> {link} "
             f"(use ./source/ouroboros_plan_v{version}.txt)"
         )
-        return
+        return True
 
-    resolved_target = (path.parent / normalized).resolve()
+    resolved_target = (path.parent / link_path).resolve()
     if resolved_target != expected_target:
         errors.append(
             f"{path}: invalid plan link path -> {link} "
             f"(must resolve to docs/ouroboros/source/ouroboros_plan_v{version}.txt)"
         )
+        return True
+    return False
 
 
 def validate_links(path: Path, text: str, errors: list[str]) -> None:
@@ -79,11 +85,13 @@ def validate_links(path: Path, text: str, errors: list[str]) -> None:
         link = m.group("link").strip()
         if not link or link.startswith("http") or link.startswith("#"):
             continue
-        validate_plan_source_link(path, link, errors)
-        if link.startswith("/"):
-            target = Path(link)
+        if validate_plan_source_link(path, link, errors):
+            continue
+        link_path = link.split("#", 1)[0].strip()
+        if link_path.startswith("/"):
+            target = Path(link_path)
         else:
-            target = (path.parent / link).resolve()
+            target = (path.parent / link_path).resolve()
         if not target.exists():
             errors.append(f"{path}: broken link -> {link}")
 
diff --git a/tests/test_validate_ouroboros_docs.py b/tests/test_validate_ouroboros_docs.py
index 66c0ec5..3ef972b 100644
--- a/tests/test_validate_ouroboros_docs.py
+++ b/tests/test_validate_ouroboros_docs.py
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ def test_validate_plan_source_link_accepts_canonical_source_path() -> None:
     errors: list[str] = []
     path = Path("docs/ouroboros/README.md").resolve()
 
-    module.validate_plan_source_link(path, "./source/ouroboros_plan_v2.txt", errors)
-    module.validate_plan_source_link(path, "./source/ouroboros_plan_v3.txt", errors)
+    assert module.validate_plan_source_link(path, "./source/ouroboros_plan_v2.txt", errors) is False
+    assert module.validate_plan_source_link(path, "./source/ouroboros_plan_v3.txt", errors) is False
 
     assert errors == []
 
@@ -30,12 +30,13 @@ def test_validate_plan_source_link_rejects_root_relative_path() -> None:
     errors: list[str] = []
     path = Path("docs/ouroboros/README.md").resolve()
 
-    module.validate_plan_source_link(
+    handled = module.validate_plan_source_link(
         path,
         "/home/agentson/repos/The-Ouroboros/ouroboros_plan_v2.txt",
         errors,
     )
 
+    assert handled is True
     assert errors
     assert "invalid plan link path" in errors[0]
     assert "use ./source/ouroboros_plan_v2.txt" in errors[0]
@@ -46,8 +47,35 @@ def test_validate_plan_source_link_rejects_repo_root_relative_path() -> None:
     errors: list[str] = []
     path = Path("docs/ouroboros/README.md").resolve()
 
-    module.validate_plan_source_link(path, "../../ouroboros_plan_v2.txt", errors)
+    handled = module.validate_plan_source_link(path, "../../ouroboros_plan_v2.txt", errors)
 
+    assert handled is True
     assert errors
     assert "invalid plan link path" in errors[0]
     assert "must resolve to docs/ouroboros/source/ouroboros_plan_v2.txt" in errors[0]
+
+
+def test_validate_plan_source_link_accepts_fragment_suffix() -> None:
+    module = _load_module()
+    errors: list[str] = []
+    path = Path("docs/ouroboros/README.md").resolve()
+
+    handled = module.validate_plan_source_link(path, "./source/ouroboros_plan_v2.txt#sec", errors)
+
+    assert handled is False
+    assert errors == []
+
+
+def test_validate_links_avoids_duplicate_error_for_invalid_plan_link(tmp_path) -> None:
+    module = _load_module()
+    errors: list[str] = []
+    doc = tmp_path / "doc.md"
+    doc.write_text(
+        "[v2](/home/agentson/repos/The-Ouroboros/ouroboros_plan_v2.txt)\n",
+        encoding="utf-8",
+    )
+
+    module.validate_links(doc, doc.read_text(encoding="utf-8"), errors)
+
+    assert len(errors) == 1
+    assert "invalid plan link path" in errors[0]