diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/dist.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/dist.rs
index f47b0c0b0072d..2fbb068632edd 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/dist.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/dist.rs
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ impl Step for Docs {
         // FIXME: explicitly enumerate the steps that should be executed here, and gather their
         // documentation, rather than running all default steps and then read their output
         // from a shared directory.
-        builder.run_default_doc_steps();
+        builder.run_host_default_doc_steps();
 
         let dest = "share/doc/rust/html";
 
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder/mod.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder/mod.rs
index 4a04b97c549a1..16c1c324be08c 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder/mod.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder/mod.rs
@@ -1117,6 +1117,11 @@ impl<'a> Builder<'a> {
         self.run_step_descriptions(&Builder::get_step_descriptions(self.kind), &self.paths);
     }
 
+    /// Run all default documentation steps to build documentation.
+    pub fn run_host_default_doc_steps(&self) {
+        self.run_step_descriptions(&Builder::get_step_descriptions(Kind::Doc), &self.paths);
+    }
+
     /// Run all default documentation steps to build documentation.
     pub fn run_default_doc_steps(&self) {
         self.run_step_descriptions(&Builder::get_step_descriptions(Kind::Doc), &[]);