diff --git a/modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbCommonInput.pod b/modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbCommonInput.dbd.pod
similarity index 99%
rename from modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbCommonInput.pod
rename to modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbCommonInput.dbd.pod
index 079277002..5ce9136b1 100644
--- a/modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbCommonInput.pod
+++ b/modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbCommonInput.dbd.pod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # in file LICENSE that is included with this distribution.
 #*************************************************************************
 
-=head1 Fields Common to Input Record Types
+=title Fields Common to Input Record Types
 
 This section describes fields that are found in many input record types.
 These fields usually have the same meaning whenever they are used.
@@ -206,3 +206,5 @@ If SIMM is not YES, NO or RAW, a SOFT alarm with a severity of INVALID is
 raised, and return status is set to -1.
 
 =back
+
+=cut
diff --git a/modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbCommonOutput.pod b/modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbCommonOutput.dbd.pod
similarity index 99%
rename from modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbCommonOutput.pod
rename to modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbCommonOutput.dbd.pod
index b60468269..cfea659c0 100644
--- a/modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbCommonOutput.pod
+++ b/modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbCommonOutput.dbd.pod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # in file LICENSE that is included with this distribution.
 #*************************************************************************
 
-=head1 Fields Common to Output Record Types
+=title Fields Common to Output Record Types
 
 This section describes fields that are found in many output record types.
 These fields usually have the same meaning whenever they are used.
@@ -237,3 +237,5 @@ If SIMM is not YES or NO, a SOFT alarm with a severity of INVALID is
 raised, and return status is set to -1.
 
 =back
+
+=cut
diff --git a/modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbCommonRecord.dbd.pod b/modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbCommonRecord.dbd.pod
index e331b8e00..fcbea4200 100644
--- a/modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbCommonRecord.dbd.pod
+++ b/modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbCommonRecord.dbd.pod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # in file LICENSE that is included with this distribution.
 #*************************************************************************
 
-=head1 Fields Common to All Record Types
+=title Fields Common to All Record Types
 
 This section contains a description of the fields that are common to all record
 types. These fields are defined in dbCommon.dbd.
diff --git a/modules/database/src/tools/dbdToHtml.pl b/modules/database/src/tools/dbdToHtml.pl
index 8725abd96..20ec72202 100644
--- a/modules/database/src/tools/dbdToHtml.pl
+++ b/modules/database/src/tools/dbdToHtml.pl
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ __END_DOCTYPE
         my $title = shift;
         return $podHtml->idify($title, 1);
     }
-} else { # Fall back to HTML
+}
+else { # Regular HTML
     $Pod::Simple::HTML::Content_decl = $contentType;
     $podHtml = EPICS::PodHtml->new();
     $podHtml->html_css('style.css');
@@ -153,7 +154,13 @@ __END_DOCTYPE
 }
 
 # Parse the Pod text from the root DBD object
-my $pod = join "\n", '=for html <div class="pod">', '',
+my $pod = join "\n",
+    '=for html <div class="pod">',
+    '',
+    'L<EPICS Reference Manual|RecordReference>',
+    '',
+    '=for html <hr>',
+    '',
     map {
         # Handle a 'recordtype' Pod directive
         if (m/^ =recordtype \s+ (\w+) /x) {
@@ -173,13 +180,16 @@ my $pod = join "\n", '=for html <div class="pod">', '',
         }
         elsif (m/^ =title \s+ (.*)/x) {
             $title = $1;
-            "=head1 $title";
+            "=head1 EPICS Reference: $title";
         }
         else {
             $_;
         }
     } $dbd->pod,
-    '=for html </div>', '';
+    '=for html </div><hr>',
+    '',
+    'L<EPICS Reference Manual|RecordReference>',
+    '';
 
 $podHtml->force_title($podHtml->encode_entities($title));
 $podHtml->perldoc_url_prefix('');
@@ -307,7 +317,7 @@ sub DBD::Recfield::writable {
 
 =pod
 
-=head1 Converting Wiki Record Reference to POD
+=head1 Writing Record Reference as POD
 
 If you open the src/std/rec/aiRecord.dbd.pod file in your favourite plain text
 editor you'll see what input was required to generate the aiRecord.html file.
@@ -320,13 +330,14 @@ When we add POD markup to a record type, we rename its *Record.dbd file to
 system to find it by its new name. The POD content is effectively just a new
 kind of comment that appears in .dbd.pod files, which the formatter knows how to
 convert into HTML. The build also generates a plain *Record.dbd file from this
-same input file by stripping out all of the POD markup.
+same input file by stripping out all of the POD markup, so make sure to remove
+the old *Record.dbd file from your source directory.
 
 Documentation for Perl's POD markup standard can be found online at
-L<https://perldoc.perl.org/perlpod.html> or you may be able to type 'perldoc
-perlpod' into a Linux command-line to see the same text. We added a few POD
-keywords of our own to handle the table generation, and I'll cover those briefly
-below.
+L<https://perldoc.perl.org/perlpod> or you may be able to type
+C<perldoc perlpod> at a Linux command-line to see the same text.
+We added a few POD keywords of our own to handle the table generation, and we'll
+cover those briefly below.
 
 POD text can appear almost anywhere in a dbd.pod file. It always starts with a
 line "=[keyword] [additional text...]" where [keyword] is "title", "head1"
@@ -390,4 +401,8 @@ table that lists all the choices found in the named menu. Any MENU fields in the
 field tables that refer to a locally-defined menu will generate a link to a
 document section which must be titled "Menu [menuName]".
 
+The "title" keyword should only appear once in each file, it sets the document
+title as well as generating a "head1" heading with "EPICS Reference:" pre-pended
+to the text.
+
 =cut