diff --git a/doc/rust.md b/doc/rust.md
index fd7d4bf63d0..7ffdb233926 100644
--- a/doc/rust.md
+++ b/doc/rust.md
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 % Rust Reference Manual
-% January 2012
 
 # Introduction
 
@@ -3179,5 +3178,3 @@ Additional specific influences can be seen from the following languages:
 * The lexical identifier rule of Python.
 * The block syntax of Ruby.
 
-
-LocalWords:  codepoint
diff --git a/mk/docs.mk b/mk/docs.mk
index 60dd912d8c9..e22500f1a56 100644
--- a/mk/docs.mk
+++ b/mk/docs.mk
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ endif
 
 doc/version.md: $(MKFILE_DEPS) rust.md
 	@$(call E, version-stamp: $@)
-	$(Q)echo "$(CFG_VERSION)" >>$@
+	$(Q)echo "$(CFG_VERSION)" >$@
 
 doc/keywords.md: $(MKFILE_DEPS) rust.md
 	@$(call E, grep -v: $$@)