diff --git a/packages/web/docs/src/pages/docs/get-started/apollo-federation.mdx b/packages/web/docs/src/pages/docs/get-started/apollo-federation.mdx
index cc5485696..c5e127385 100644
--- a/packages/web/docs/src/pages/docs/get-started/apollo-federation.mdx
+++ b/packages/web/docs/src/pages/docs/get-started/apollo-federation.mdx
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+---
+# Let's point Google to the /federation page page instead
+canonical: /federation
+---
+
 import NextImage from 'next/image'
 import { Callout, Cards, FileTree, Steps, Tabs } from '@theguild/components'
 import cdnAccessTokenSettings from '../../../../public/docs/pages/get-started/apollo-federation/cdn-access-token-settings.png'
diff --git a/packages/web/docs/src/theme.config.tsx b/packages/web/docs/src/theme.config.tsx
index 2ad27d2f9..9b31d1e0d 100644
--- a/packages/web/docs/src/theme.config.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/docs/src/theme.config.tsx
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ export default defineConfig({
     const isGatewayDocsPage = pagePath.route.includes('/docs/gateway');
     const suffix = isGatewayDocsPage ? 'Hive Gateway' : 'Hive';
     const title = `${pageTitle} - ${suffix}`;
-    const { description = `${siteName}: ${siteDescription}` } = frontMatter;
+    const { description = `${siteName}: ${siteDescription}`, canonical } = frontMatter;
 
-    const canonicalUrl = ensureAbsolute(pagePath.route);
+    const canonicalUrl = ensureAbsolute(canonical ?? pagePath.route);
 
     return (
       <>