diff --git a/.changeset/lemon-owls-end.md b/.changeset/lemon-owls-end.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..67a221874219
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/lemon-owls-end.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'astro': patch
+---
+
+Improves Markdown options documentation with links to the Markdown guide and official processors.
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/content/loaders/file.ts b/packages/astro/src/content/loaders/file.ts
index cfb71f01b207..5456cb08c450 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/content/loaders/file.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/content/loaders/file.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { existsSync, promises as fs } from 'node:fs';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
-import yaml from 'js-yaml';
+import * as yaml from 'js-yaml';
 import * as toml from 'smol-toml';
 import { FileGlobNotSupported, FileParserNotFound } from '../../core/errors/errors-data.js';
 import { AstroError } from '../../core/errors/index.js';
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/config/settings.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/config/settings.ts
index a9a9fe5eb941..773c9d01c336 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/config/settings.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/config/settings.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import path from 'node:path';
 import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
-import yaml from 'js-yaml';
+import * as yaml from 'js-yaml';
 import * as toml from 'smol-toml';
 import { getContentPaths } from '../../content/index.js';
 import createPreferences from '../../preferences/index.js';
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/types/public/config.ts b/packages/astro/src/types/public/config.ts
index fbb24a9d203f..e86fb2dcf26d 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/types/public/config.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/types/public/config.ts
@@ -2362,7 +2362,9 @@ export interface AstroUserConfig<
 		 * @docs
 		 * @name markdown.remarkPlugins
 		 * @type {RemarkPlugins}
-		 * @deprecated Pass `remarkPlugins` to `unified({ remarkPlugins })` from `@astrojs/markdown-remark` and set it as `markdown.processor` instead. Will be removed in a future major.
+		 * @deprecated This property is deprecated and will be removed in a future major version. Pass plugins to the configured [`markdown.processor`](https://docs.astro.build/en/reference/configuration-reference/#markdownprocessor) instead.
+		 *
+		 * Learn more about [setting up a Markdown processor](https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/markdown-content/#setting-up-a-markdown-processor) and [using plugins](https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/markdown-content/#markdown-processor-plugins) in the Markdown guide.
 		 * @description
 		 * Pass [remark plugins](https://github.com/remarkjs/remark) to customize how your Markdown is built. You can import and apply the plugin function (recommended), or pass the plugin name as a string.
 		 *
@@ -2380,7 +2382,9 @@ export interface AstroUserConfig<
 		 * @docs
 		 * @name markdown.rehypePlugins
 		 * @type {RehypePlugins}
-		 * @deprecated Pass `rehypePlugins` to `unified({ rehypePlugins })` from `@astrojs/markdown-remark` and set it as `markdown.processor` instead. Will be removed in a future major.
+		 * @deprecated This property is deprecated and will be removed in a future major version. Pass plugins to the configured [`markdown.processor`](https://docs.astro.build/en/reference/configuration-reference/#markdownprocessor) instead.
+
+		 * Learn more about [setting up a Markdown processor](https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/markdown-content/#setting-up-a-markdown-processor) and [using plugins](https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/markdown-content/#markdown-processor-plugins) in the Markdown guide.
 		 * @description
 		 * Pass [rehype plugins](https://github.com/remarkjs/remark-rehype) to customize how your Markdown's output HTML is processed. You can import and apply the plugin function (recommended), or pass the plugin name as a string.
 		 *
@@ -2400,7 +2404,9 @@ export interface AstroUserConfig<
 		 * @type {boolean}
 		 * @default `true`
 		 * @version 2.0.0
-		 * @deprecated Pass `gfm` to your processor instead (e.g. `unified({ gfm: false })`). Will be removed in a future major.
+		 * @deprecated This property is deprecated and will be removed in a future major version. Pass `gfm` to the configured [`markdown.processor`](https://docs.astro.build/en/reference/configuration-reference/#markdownprocessor) instead.
+
+		 * Learn more about [setting up a Markdown processor](https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/markdown-content/#setting-up-a-markdown-processor) and [using GitHub-flavored Markdown](https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/markdown-content/#github-flavored-markdown) in the Markdown guide.
 		 * @description
 		 * Astro uses [GitHub-flavored Markdown](https://github.com/remarkjs/remark-gfm) by default. To disable this, set the `gfm` flag to `false`:
 		 *
@@ -2420,7 +2426,9 @@ export interface AstroUserConfig<
 		 * @type {boolean | Smartypants}
 		 * @default `true`
 		 * @version 2.0.0
-		 * @deprecated Pass `smartypants` to your processor instead (e.g. `unified({ smartypants: false })`). Will be removed in a future major.
+		 * @deprecated This property is deprecated and will be removed in a future major version. Pass it to the configured [`markdown.processor`](https://docs.astro.build/en/reference/configuration-reference/#markdownprocessor) instead. Use `smartypants` for `unified()` or `smartPunctuation` for `satteri()`.
+
+		 * Learn more about [setting up a Markdown processor](https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/markdown-content/#setting-up-a-markdown-processor) and [using smart punctuation](https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/markdown-content/#smart-punctuation) in the Markdown guide.
 		 * @description
 		 * Whether to use the [SmartyPants formatter](https://daringfireball.net/projects/smartypants/) to transform straight quotes into smart quotes, dashes into en/em dashes, and triple dots into ellipses.
 		 *
@@ -2434,7 +2442,11 @@ export interface AstroUserConfig<
 		 * @docs
 		 * @name markdown.remarkRehype
 		 * @type {RemarkRehype}
-		 * @deprecated Pass `remarkRehype` to `unified({ remarkRehype })` from `@astrojs/markdown-remark` and set it as `markdown.processor` instead. Will be removed in a future major.
+		 * @deprecated This property is deprecated and will be removed in a future major version.
+
+		 * To configure footnotes, pass `remarkRehype` to the `unified()` processor or `gfm.footnotes` to the `satteri()` processor instead. Other `remark-rehype` options are only supported when using `unified()`.
+
+		 * Learn more about [setting up a Markdown processor](https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/markdown-content/#setting-up-a-markdown-processor) and [using built-in features](https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/markdown-content/#built-in-features) in the Markdown guide.
 		 * @description
 		 * Pass options to [remark-rehype](https://github.com/remarkjs/remark-rehype#api).
 		 *
@@ -2455,8 +2467,9 @@ export interface AstroUserConfig<
 		 * @type {MarkdownProcessor}
 		 * @version 6.4.0
 		 * @description
-		 * Configures the Markdown processor used to render `.md` files. Defaults to `satteri()` from
-		 * `@astrojs/markdown-satteri`, Astro's native Markdown pipeline.
+		 * Configures the [Markdown processor](https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/markdown-content/#markdown-processors) used to render `.md` files.
+		 *
+		 * Sätteri, Astro’s native Markdown pipeline, is the default processor. To configure it, install `@astrojs/markdown-satteri` and pass options to `satteri()`:
 		 *
 		 * ```js
 		 * // astro.config.mjs
@@ -2488,6 +2501,8 @@ export interface AstroUserConfig<
 		 *   },
 		 * });
 		 * ```
+		 *
+		 * Learn more about the [official Markdown processors and how to choose one](https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/markdown-content/#choosing-a-markdown-processor) in the Markdown guide.
 		 */
 		processor?: MarkdownProcessor;
 	};
diff --git a/packages/internal-helpers/src/frontmatter.ts b/packages/internal-helpers/src/frontmatter.ts
index 9a26b7e3bba0..c6adfd514e5d 100644
--- a/packages/internal-helpers/src/frontmatter.ts
+++ b/packages/internal-helpers/src/frontmatter.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import yaml from 'js-yaml';
+import * as yaml from 'js-yaml';
 import * as toml from 'smol-toml';
 
 export function isFrontmatterValid(frontmatter: Record<string, any>) {
diff --git a/packages/language-tools/vscode/scripts/build-grammar.mjs b/packages/language-tools/vscode/scripts/build-grammar.mjs
index ab984d7b1790..ac385cbedb0a 100644
--- a/packages/language-tools/vscode/scripts/build-grammar.mjs
+++ b/packages/language-tools/vscode/scripts/build-grammar.mjs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // @ts-check
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
-import yaml from 'js-yaml';
+import * as yaml from 'js-yaml';
 import { dim, green } from 'kleur/colors';
 
 const dt = new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-us', {