diff --git a/metaschema-schema-generator/src/main/java/gov/nist/secauto/metaschema/schemagen/xml/schematype/AbstractXmlComplexType.java b/metaschema-schema-generator/src/main/java/gov/nist/secauto/metaschema/schemagen/xml/schematype/AbstractXmlComplexType.java
index 86ef09f27..3a173603d 100644
--- a/metaschema-schema-generator/src/main/java/gov/nist/secauto/metaschema/schemagen/xml/schematype/AbstractXmlComplexType.java
+++ b/metaschema-schema-generator/src/main/java/gov/nist/secauto/metaschema/schemagen/xml/schematype/AbstractXmlComplexType.java
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ protected static void generateFlagInstance(@NonNull IFlagInstance instance, @Non
 
     IXmlType type = state.getTypeForDefinition(definition);
 
-    if (state.isInline(definition)) {
+    if (state.isInline(definition) && type.isGeneratedType(state)) {
       DocumentationGenerator.generateDocumentation(instance, state);
 
       type.generateType(state, true);