diff --git a/src/api-gen/to-proxy-source.ts b/src/api-gen/to-proxy-source.ts
index 2f44c88..166d673 100644
--- a/src/api-gen/to-proxy-source.ts
+++ b/src/api-gen/to-proxy-source.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const LICENSE_HEADER = /^\/\/ Copyright Amazon\.com[^\n]*\r?\n\/\/ SPDX-License-
 export function toProxySource(project: ts.Project, emittedPath: string, sourceStr: string): ts.SourceFile {
   const source = project.createSourceFile(`out/${emittedPath}`, stripLicenseHeader(sourceStr));
   exportAmbientNamespaces(source);
-  stripAwsuiSystemTags(source);
+  stripUpstreamTags(source);
   return source;
 }
 
@@ -47,11 +47,13 @@ function exportAmbientNamespaces(source: ts.SourceFile): void {
   }
 }
 
-/** Removes `@awsuiSystem` annotations, whatever system they name, keeping any api-docs they sit beside. */
-function stripAwsuiSystemTags(source: ts.SourceFile): void {
+const TAGS_TO_REMOVE = ['awsuiSystem', 'visualrefresh', 'displayname'];
+
+/** Removes the annotations above, keeping any api-docs they sit beside. */
+function stripUpstreamTags(source: ts.SourceFile): void {
   for (const jsDoc of source.getDescendantsOfKind(ts.SyntaxKind.JSDoc)) {
     for (const tag of jsDoc.getTags()) {
-      if (tag.getTagName() === 'awsuiSystem') {
+      if (TAGS_TO_REMOVE.includes(tag.getTagName())) {
         tag.remove();
       }
     }
diff --git a/test/api-gen/to-proxy-source.test.ts b/test/api-gen/to-proxy-source.test.ts
index d57db28..1cc6894 100644
--- a/test/api-gen/to-proxy-source.test.ts
+++ b/test/api-gen/to-proxy-source.test.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ describe('strips license header', () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe('strips system tags', () => {
+describe('strips upstream tags', () => {
   const inline = (input: string) => input.replace(/[ \t\n]+/g, ' ');
 
   test('leaves a comment without annotations untouched', () => {
@@ -56,10 +56,34 @@ describe('strips system tags', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  test('drops every upstream annotation, keeping the ones a consumer documents from', () => {
+    expect(
+      inline(
+        transform(`/**
+          * API docs
+          * @awsuiSystem core
+          * @visualrefresh \`awsui-h1-sticky\` variant
+          * @displayname title
+          * @deprecated Use something else.
+          * @default 'h2'
+          * @i18n
+          * @analytics
+          */
+        export type X = Y;`),
+      ).trim(),
+    ).toBe(
+      "/** * API docs * @deprecated Use something else. * @default 'h2' * @i18n * @analytics */ export type X = Y;",
+    );
+  });
+
   test('drops a comment that holds nothing but the annotation', () => {
     [
       `/** @awsuiSystem core */
       export type X = Y; `,
+      `/** @visualrefresh \`awsui-h1-sticky\` variant */
+      export type X = Y; `,
+      `/** @displayname title */
+      export type X = Y; `,
       `/**
         * @awsuiSystem experimental
         */