diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 013b25b..8447005 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -170,15 +170,22 @@ cd test_linux_containers
 Lint all YAML documents.
 
 ```
-yamllint .
+task lint-yml
 ```
 
+Note that this task will trigger formatting of all YAML documents
+in the repository as a prerequisite to linting.
+
 Use `ansible-lint` to verify good practices relevant to Ansible.
 
 ```
-LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 ansible-lint .
+task lint-ansible
 ```
 
+Note that this task depends on `lint-yml`, which means that linting YML will
+happen before linting the Ansible code base. Linting the Ansible code base will
+only be triggered when linting all YML documents in the repository has been successful.
+
 ## YAML code formatting
 
 Navigate to the root folder of the local copy of this git repository.
diff --git a/Taskfile.yml b/Taskfile.yml
index a97c0ed..12e2671 100644
--- a/Taskfile.yml
+++ b/Taskfile.yml
@@ -3,3 +3,9 @@ version: '3'
 tasks:
   format-yml:
     cmds: [yamlfix .]
+  lint-yml:
+    deps: [format-yml]
+    cmds: [yamllint .]
+  lint-ansible:
+    deps: [lint-yml]
+    cmds: [LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 ansible-lint .]