diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/markdown.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/markdown.rs
index e871cd866c9b0..d963eb6adfae2 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/markdown.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/markdown.rs
@@ -1284,6 +1284,16 @@ impl LangString {
                     LangStringToken::LangToken(x) if x.starts_with("edition") => {
                         data.edition = x[7..].parse::<Edition>().ok();
                     }
+                    LangStringToken::LangToken(x)
+                        if x.starts_with("rust") && x[4..].parse::<Edition>().is_ok() =>
+                    {
+                        if let Some(extra) = extra {
+                            extra.error_invalid_codeblock_attr(format!(
+                                "unknown attribute `{x}`. Did you mean `edition{}`?",
+                                &x[4..]
+                            ));
+                        }
+                    }
                     LangStringToken::LangToken(x)
                         if allow_error_code_check && x.starts_with('E') && x.len() == 5 =>
                     {