diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index d324fd73f..a3c1c9108 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ required for various parts of Tokio are missing. To build the documentation
 correctly, use this command:
 
 ```
-RUSTDOCFLAGS="--cfg docsrs" cargo +nightly doc --all-features
+RUSTDOCFLAGS="--cfg docsrs" RUSTFLAGS="--cfg docsrs" cargo +nightly doc --all-features
 ```
 
 To build documentation including Tokio's unstable features, it is necessary to
@@ -162,15 +162,9 @@ pass `--cfg tokio_unstable` to both RustDoc *and* rustc. To build the
 documentation for unstable features, use this command:
 
 ```
-RUSTDOCFLAGS="--cfg docsrs --cfg tokio_unstable" RUSTFLAGS="--cfg tokio_unstable" cargo +nightly doc --all-features
+RUSTDOCFLAGS="--cfg docsrs --cfg tokio_unstable" RUSTFLAGS="--cfg docsrs --cfg tokio_unstable" cargo +nightly doc --all-features
 ```
 
-There is currently a [bug in cargo] that means documentation cannot be built
-from the root of the workspace. If you `cd` into the `tokio` subdirectory the
-command shown above will work.
-
-[bug in cargo]: https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/9274
-
 The `cargo fmt` command does not work on the Tokio codebase. You can use the
 command below instead: