diff --git a/src/librustdoc/passes/html_tags.rs b/src/librustdoc/passes/html_tags.rs
index f3a3c853caca6..1bce24b0ad3e8 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/passes/html_tags.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/passes/html_tags.rs
@@ -94,6 +94,34 @@ fn extract_path_backwards(text: &str, end_pos: usize) -> Option<usize> {
     if current_pos == end_pos { None } else { Some(current_pos) }
 }
 
+fn extract_path_forward(text: &str, start_pos: usize) -> Option<usize> {
+    use rustc_lexer::{is_id_continue, is_id_start};
+    let mut current_pos = start_pos;
+    loop {
+        if current_pos < text.len() && text[current_pos..].starts_with("::") {
+            current_pos += 2;
+        } else {
+            break;
+        }
+        let mut chars = text[current_pos..].chars();
+        if let Some(c) = chars.next() {
+            if is_id_start(c) {
+                current_pos += c.len_utf8();
+            } else {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        while let Some(c) = chars.next() {
+            if is_id_continue(c) {
+                current_pos += c.len_utf8();
+            } else {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    if current_pos == start_pos { None } else { Some(current_pos) }
+}
+
 fn is_valid_for_html_tag_name(c: char, is_empty: bool) -> bool {
     // https://spec.commonmark.org/0.30/#raw-html
     //
@@ -218,19 +246,68 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> DocVisitor for InvalidHtmlTagsLinter<'a, 'tcx> {
                     // If a tag looks like `<this>`, it might actually be a generic.
                     // We don't try to detect stuff `<like, this>` because that's not valid HTML,
                     // and we don't try to detect stuff `<like this>` because that's not valid Rust.
-                    if let Some(Some(generics_start)) = (is_open_tag
-                        && dox[..range.end].ends_with('>'))
+                    let mut generics_end = range.end;
+                    if let Some(Some(mut generics_start)) = (is_open_tag
+                        && dox[..generics_end].ends_with('>'))
                     .then(|| extract_path_backwards(&dox, range.start))
                     {
+                        while generics_start != 0
+                            && generics_end < dox.len()
+                            && dox.as_bytes()[generics_start - 1] == b'<'
+                            && dox.as_bytes()[generics_end] == b'>'
+                        {
+                            generics_end += 1;
+                            generics_start -= 1;
+                            if let Some(new_start) = extract_path_backwards(&dox, generics_start) {
+                                generics_start = new_start;
+                            }
+                            if let Some(new_end) = extract_path_forward(&dox, generics_end) {
+                                generics_end = new_end;
+                            }
+                        }
+                        if let Some(new_end) = extract_path_forward(&dox, generics_end) {
+                            generics_end = new_end;
+                        }
                         let generics_sp = match super::source_span_for_markdown_range(
                             tcx,
                             &dox,
-                            &(generics_start..range.end),
+                            &(generics_start..generics_end),
                             &item.attrs,
                         ) {
                             Some(sp) => sp,
                             None => item.attr_span(tcx),
                         };
+                        // Sometimes, we only extract part of a path. For example, consider this:
+                        //
+                        //     <[u32] as IntoIter<u32>>::Item
+                        //                       ^^^^^ unclosed HTML tag `u32`
+                        //
+                        // We don't have any code for parsing fully-qualified trait paths.
+                        // In theory, we could add it, but doing it correctly would require
+                        // parsing the entire path grammar, which is problematic because of
+                        // overlap between the path grammar and Markdown.
+                        //
+                        // The example above shows that ambiguity. Is `[u32]` intended to be an
+                        // intra-doc link to the u32 primitive, or is it intended to be a slice?
+                        //
+                        // If the below conditional were removed, we would suggest this, which is
+                        // not what the user probably wants.
+                        //
+                        //     <[u32] as `IntoIter<u32>`>::Item
+                        //
+                        // We know that the user actually wants to wrap the whole thing in a code
+                        // block, but the only reason we know that is because `u32` does not, in
+                        // fact, implement IntoIter. If the example looks like this:
+                        //
+                        //     <[Vec<i32>] as IntoIter<i32>::Item
+                        //
+                        // The ideal fix would be significantly different.
+                        if (generics_start > 0 && dox.as_bytes()[generics_start - 1] == b'<')
+                            || (generics_end < dox.len() && dox.as_bytes()[generics_end] == b'>')
+                        {
+                            diag.emit();
+                            return;
+                        }
                         // multipart form is chosen here because ``Vec<i32>`` would be confusing.
                         diag.multipart_suggestion(
                             "try marking as source code",
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc-ui/suggestions/html-as-generics-no-suggestions.rs b/src/test/rustdoc-ui/suggestions/html-as-generics-no-suggestions.rs
index 744b3071f1b81..476e3b2d43e4a 100644
--- a/src/test/rustdoc-ui/suggestions/html-as-generics-no-suggestions.rs
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc-ui/suggestions/html-as-generics-no-suggestions.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,48 @@ pub struct ConstGeneric;
 // HTML tags cannot contain commas, so no error.
 pub struct MultipleGenerics;
 
+/// This <[u32] as Iterator<Item>> thing!
+//~^ERROR unclosed HTML tag `Item`
+// Some forms of fully-qualified path are simultaneously valid HTML tags
+// with attributes. They produce an error, but no suggestion, because figuring
+// out if this is valid would require parsing the entire path grammar.
+//
+// The important part is that we don't produce any *wrong* suggestions.
+// While several other examples below are added to make sure we don't
+// produce suggestions when given complex paths, this example is the actual
+// reason behind not just using the real path parser. It's ambiguous: there's
+// no way to locally reason out whether that `[u32]` is intended to be a slice
+// or an intra-doc link.
+pub struct FullyQualifiedPathsDoNotCount;
+
+/// This <Vec as IntoIter>::Iter thing!
+//~^ERROR unclosed HTML tag `Vec`
+// Some forms of fully-qualified path are simultaneously valid HTML tags
+// with attributes. They produce an error, but no suggestion, because figuring
+// out if this is valid would require parsing the entire path grammar.
+pub struct FullyQualifiedPathsDoNotCount1;
+
+/// This Vec<Vec as IntoIter>::Iter thing!
+//~^ERROR unclosed HTML tag `Vec`
+// Some forms of fully-qualified path are simultaneously valid HTML tags
+// with attributes. They produce an error, but no suggestion, because figuring
+// out if this is valid would require parsing the entire path grammar.
+pub struct FullyQualifiedPathsDoNotCount2;
+
+/// This Vec<Vec as IntoIter> thing!
+//~^ERROR unclosed HTML tag `Vec`
+// Some forms of fully-qualified path are simultaneously valid HTML tags
+// with attributes. They produce an error, but no suggestion, because figuring
+// out if this is valid would require parsing the entire path grammar.
+pub struct FullyQualifiedPathsDoNotCount3;
+
+/// This Vec<Vec<i32> as IntoIter> thing!
+//~^ERROR unclosed HTML tag `i32`
+// Some forms of fully-qualified path are simultaneously valid HTML tags
+// with attributes. They produce an error, but no suggestion, because figuring
+// out if this is valid would require parsing the entire path grammar.
+pub struct FullyQualifiedPathsDoNotCount4;
+
 /// This Vec<i32 class="test"> thing!
 //~^ERROR unclosed HTML tag `i32`
 // HTML attributes shouldn't be treated as Rust syntax, so no suggestions.
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc-ui/suggestions/html-as-generics-no-suggestions.stderr b/src/test/rustdoc-ui/suggestions/html-as-generics-no-suggestions.stderr
index 832b8b2cac79a..3856a251321b2 100644
--- a/src/test/rustdoc-ui/suggestions/html-as-generics-no-suggestions.stderr
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc-ui/suggestions/html-as-generics-no-suggestions.stderr
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-error: unclosed HTML tag `i32`
-  --> $DIR/html-as-generics-no-suggestions.rs:11:13
+error: unclosed HTML tag `Item`
+  --> $DIR/html-as-generics-no-suggestions.rs:11:28
    |
-LL | /// This Vec<i32 class="test"> thing!
-   |             ^^^^
+LL | /// This <[u32] as Iterator<Item>> thing!
+   |                            ^^^^^^
    |
 note: the lint level is defined here
   --> $DIR/html-as-generics-no-suggestions.rs:1:9
@@ -10,29 +10,59 @@ note: the lint level is defined here
 LL | #![deny(rustdoc::invalid_html_tags)]
    |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
+error: unclosed HTML tag `Vec`
+  --> $DIR/html-as-generics-no-suggestions.rs:25:10
+   |
+LL | /// This <Vec as IntoIter>::Iter thing!
+   |          ^^^^
+
+error: unclosed HTML tag `Vec`
+  --> $DIR/html-as-generics-no-suggestions.rs:32:13
+   |
+LL | /// This Vec<Vec as IntoIter>::Iter thing!
+   |             ^^^^
+
+error: unclosed HTML tag `Vec`
+  --> $DIR/html-as-generics-no-suggestions.rs:39:13
+   |
+LL | /// This Vec<Vec as IntoIter> thing!
+   |             ^^^^
+
+error: unclosed HTML tag `i32`
+  --> $DIR/html-as-generics-no-suggestions.rs:46:17
+   |
+LL | /// This Vec<Vec<i32> as IntoIter> thing!
+   |                 ^^^^^
+
+error: unclosed HTML tag `i32`
+  --> $DIR/html-as-generics-no-suggestions.rs:53:13
+   |
+LL | /// This Vec<i32 class="test"> thing!
+   |             ^^^^
+
 error: unopened HTML tag `i32`
-  --> $DIR/html-as-generics-no-suggestions.rs:20:13
+  --> $DIR/html-as-generics-no-suggestions.rs:62:13
    |
 LL | /// This Vec</i32> thing!
    |             ^^^^^^
 
 error: unclosed HTML tag `i32`
-  --> $DIR/html-as-generics-no-suggestions.rs:25:13
+  --> $DIR/html-as-generics-no-suggestions.rs:67:13
    |
 LL | /// This 123<i32> thing!
    |             ^^^^^
 
 error: unclosed HTML tag `i32`
-  --> $DIR/html-as-generics-no-suggestions.rs:30:14
+  --> $DIR/html-as-generics-no-suggestions.rs:72:14
    |
 LL | /// This Vec:<i32> thing!
    |              ^^^^^
 
 error: unclosed HTML tag `i32`
-  --> $DIR/html-as-generics-no-suggestions.rs:35:39
+  --> $DIR/html-as-generics-no-suggestions.rs:77:39
    |
 LL | /// This [link](https://rust-lang.org)<i32> thing!
    |                                       ^^^^^
 
-error: aborting due to 5 previous errors
+error: aborting due to 10 previous errors
 
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc-ui/suggestions/html-as-generics.fixed b/src/test/rustdoc-ui/suggestions/html-as-generics.fixed
index c0a0de24c5263..07c8c9ff254bc 100644
--- a/src/test/rustdoc-ui/suggestions/html-as-generics.fixed
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc-ui/suggestions/html-as-generics.fixed
@@ -30,3 +30,43 @@ pub struct BareTurbofish;
 //~^ERROR unclosed HTML tag `i32`
 //~|HELP try marking as source
 pub struct Nested;
+
+/// Nested generics `Vec<Vec<u32>>`
+//~^ ERROR unclosed HTML tag `u32`
+//~|HELP try marking as source
+pub struct NestedGenerics;
+
+/// Generics with path `Vec<i32>::Iter`
+//~^ ERROR unclosed HTML tag `i32`
+//~|HELP try marking as source
+pub struct GenericsWithPath;
+
+/// Generics with path `<Vec<i32>>::Iter`
+//~^ ERROR unclosed HTML tag `i32`
+//~|HELP try marking as source
+pub struct NestedGenericsWithPath;
+
+/// Generics with path `Vec<Vec<i32>>::Iter`
+//~^ ERROR unclosed HTML tag `i32`
+//~|HELP try marking as source
+pub struct NestedGenericsWithPath2;
+
+/// Generics with bump `<Vec<i32>>`s
+//~^ ERROR unclosed HTML tag `i32`
+//~|HELP try marking as source
+pub struct NestedGenericsWithBump;
+
+/// Generics with bump `Vec<Vec<i32>>`s
+//~^ ERROR unclosed HTML tag `i32`
+//~|HELP try marking as source
+pub struct NestedGenericsWithBump2;
+
+/// Generics with punct `<Vec<i32>>`!
+//~^ ERROR unclosed HTML tag `i32`
+//~|HELP try marking as source
+pub struct NestedGenericsWithPunct;
+
+/// Generics with punct `Vec<Vec<i32>>`!
+//~^ ERROR unclosed HTML tag `i32`
+//~|HELP try marking as source
+pub struct NestedGenericsWithPunct2;
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc-ui/suggestions/html-as-generics.rs b/src/test/rustdoc-ui/suggestions/html-as-generics.rs
index 0b6009b0e59c3..cdd652f397ec4 100644
--- a/src/test/rustdoc-ui/suggestions/html-as-generics.rs
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc-ui/suggestions/html-as-generics.rs
@@ -30,3 +30,43 @@ pub struct BareTurbofish;
 //~^ERROR unclosed HTML tag `i32`
 //~|HELP try marking as source
 pub struct Nested;
+
+/// Nested generics Vec<Vec<u32>>
+//~^ ERROR unclosed HTML tag `u32`
+//~|HELP try marking as source
+pub struct NestedGenerics;
+
+/// Generics with path Vec<i32>::Iter
+//~^ ERROR unclosed HTML tag `i32`
+//~|HELP try marking as source
+pub struct GenericsWithPath;
+
+/// Generics with path <Vec<i32>>::Iter
+//~^ ERROR unclosed HTML tag `i32`
+//~|HELP try marking as source
+pub struct NestedGenericsWithPath;
+
+/// Generics with path Vec<Vec<i32>>::Iter
+//~^ ERROR unclosed HTML tag `i32`
+//~|HELP try marking as source
+pub struct NestedGenericsWithPath2;
+
+/// Generics with bump <Vec<i32>>s
+//~^ ERROR unclosed HTML tag `i32`
+//~|HELP try marking as source
+pub struct NestedGenericsWithBump;
+
+/// Generics with bump Vec<Vec<i32>>s
+//~^ ERROR unclosed HTML tag `i32`
+//~|HELP try marking as source
+pub struct NestedGenericsWithBump2;
+
+/// Generics with punct <Vec<i32>>!
+//~^ ERROR unclosed HTML tag `i32`
+//~|HELP try marking as source
+pub struct NestedGenericsWithPunct;
+
+/// Generics with punct Vec<Vec<i32>>!
+//~^ ERROR unclosed HTML tag `i32`
+//~|HELP try marking as source
+pub struct NestedGenericsWithPunct2;
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc-ui/suggestions/html-as-generics.stderr b/src/test/rustdoc-ui/suggestions/html-as-generics.stderr
index df54b71264ebc..211dd4210d50c 100644
--- a/src/test/rustdoc-ui/suggestions/html-as-generics.stderr
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc-ui/suggestions/html-as-generics.stderr
@@ -69,5 +69,93 @@ help: try marking as source code
 LL | /// This <span>`Vec::<i32>`</span> thing!
    |                +          +
 
-error: aborting due to 6 previous errors
+error: unclosed HTML tag `u32`
+  --> $DIR/html-as-generics.rs:34:28
+   |
+LL | /// Nested generics Vec<Vec<u32>>
+   |                            ^^^^^
+   |
+help: try marking as source code
+   |
+LL | /// Nested generics `Vec<Vec<u32>>`
+   |                     +             +
+
+error: unclosed HTML tag `i32`
+  --> $DIR/html-as-generics.rs:39:27
+   |
+LL | /// Generics with path Vec<i32>::Iter
+   |                           ^^^^^
+   |
+help: try marking as source code
+   |
+LL | /// Generics with path `Vec<i32>::Iter`
+   |                        +              +
+
+error: unclosed HTML tag `i32`
+  --> $DIR/html-as-generics.rs:44:28
+   |
+LL | /// Generics with path <Vec<i32>>::Iter
+   |                            ^^^^^
+   |
+help: try marking as source code
+   |
+LL | /// Generics with path `<Vec<i32>>::Iter`
+   |                        +                +
+
+error: unclosed HTML tag `i32`
+  --> $DIR/html-as-generics.rs:49:31
+   |
+LL | /// Generics with path Vec<Vec<i32>>::Iter
+   |                               ^^^^^
+   |
+help: try marking as source code
+   |
+LL | /// Generics with path `Vec<Vec<i32>>::Iter`
+   |                        +                   +
+
+error: unclosed HTML tag `i32`
+  --> $DIR/html-as-generics.rs:54:28
+   |
+LL | /// Generics with bump <Vec<i32>>s
+   |                            ^^^^^
+   |
+help: try marking as source code
+   |
+LL | /// Generics with bump `<Vec<i32>>`s
+   |                        +          +
+
+error: unclosed HTML tag `i32`
+  --> $DIR/html-as-generics.rs:59:31
+   |
+LL | /// Generics with bump Vec<Vec<i32>>s
+   |                               ^^^^^
+   |
+help: try marking as source code
+   |
+LL | /// Generics with bump `Vec<Vec<i32>>`s
+   |                        +             +
+
+error: unclosed HTML tag `i32`
+  --> $DIR/html-as-generics.rs:64:29
+   |
+LL | /// Generics with punct <Vec<i32>>!
+   |                             ^^^^^
+   |
+help: try marking as source code
+   |
+LL | /// Generics with punct `<Vec<i32>>`!
+   |                         +          +
+
+error: unclosed HTML tag `i32`
+  --> $DIR/html-as-generics.rs:69:32
+   |
+LL | /// Generics with punct Vec<Vec<i32>>!
+   |                                ^^^^^
+   |
+help: try marking as source code
+   |
+LL | /// Generics with punct `Vec<Vec<i32>>`!
+   |                         +             +
+
+error: aborting due to 14 previous errors