diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/markdown.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/markdown.rs
index 6261e843d23..f1d00b81eed 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/markdown.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/markdown.rs
@@ -1213,6 +1213,7 @@ crate struct RustCodeBlock {
     crate code: Range<usize>,
     crate is_fenced: bool,
     crate syntax: Option<String>,
+    crate is_ignore: bool,
 }
 
 /// Returns a range of bytes for each code block in the markdown that is tagged as `rust` or
@@ -1228,7 +1229,7 @@ crate fn rust_code_blocks(md: &str, extra_info: &ExtraInfo<'_, '_>) -> Vec<RustC
 
     while let Some((event, offset)) = p.next() {
         if let Event::Start(Tag::CodeBlock(syntax)) = event {
-            let (syntax, code_start, code_end, range, is_fenced) = match syntax {
+            let (syntax, code_start, code_end, range, is_fenced, is_ignore) = match syntax {
                 CodeBlockKind::Fenced(syntax) => {
                     let syntax = syntax.as_ref();
                     let lang_string = if syntax.is_empty() {
@@ -1249,6 +1250,7 @@ crate fn rust_code_blocks(md: &str, extra_info: &ExtraInfo<'_, '_>) -> Vec<RustC
                                 range: offset,
                                 code,
                                 syntax,
+                                is_ignore: lang_string.ignore != Ignore::None,
                             });
                             continue;
                         }
@@ -1259,6 +1261,7 @@ crate fn rust_code_blocks(md: &str, extra_info: &ExtraInfo<'_, '_>) -> Vec<RustC
                                 range: offset,
                                 code,
                                 syntax,
+                                is_ignore: lang_string.ignore != Ignore::None,
                             });
                             continue;
                         }
@@ -1266,7 +1269,7 @@ crate fn rust_code_blocks(md: &str, extra_info: &ExtraInfo<'_, '_>) -> Vec<RustC
                     while let Some((Event::Text(_), offset)) = p.next() {
                         code_end = offset.end;
                     }
-                    (syntax, code_start, code_end, offset, true)
+                    (syntax, code_start, code_end, offset, true, lang_string.ignore != Ignore::None)
                 }
                 CodeBlockKind::Indented => {
                     // The ending of the offset goes too far sometime so we reduce it by one in
@@ -1278,9 +1281,10 @@ crate fn rust_code_blocks(md: &str, extra_info: &ExtraInfo<'_, '_>) -> Vec<RustC
                             offset.end,
                             Range { start: offset.start, end: offset.end - 1 },
                             false,
+                            false,
                         )
                     } else {
-                        (None, offset.start, offset.end, offset, false)
+                        (None, offset.start, offset.end, offset, false, false)
                     }
                 }
             };
@@ -1290,6 +1294,7 @@ crate fn rust_code_blocks(md: &str, extra_info: &ExtraInfo<'_, '_>) -> Vec<RustC
                 range,
                 code: Range { start: code_start, end: code_end },
                 syntax,
+                is_ignore,
             });
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/passes/check_code_block_syntax.rs b/src/librustdoc/passes/check_code_block_syntax.rs
index 0c76dc571be..554392c213e 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/passes/check_code_block_syntax.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/passes/check_code_block_syntax.rs
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> SyntaxChecker<'a, 'tcx> {
             let mut diag = if let Some(sp) =
                 super::source_span_for_markdown_range(self.cx, &dox, &code_block.range, &item.attrs)
             {
-                let warning_message = if buffer.has_errors {
-                    "could not parse code block as Rust code"
+                let (warning_message, suggest_using_text) = if buffer.has_errors {
+                    ("could not parse code block as Rust code", true)
                 } else {
-                    "Rust code block is empty"
+                    ("Rust code block is empty", false)
                 };
 
                 let mut diag = self.cx.sess().struct_span_warn(sp, warning_message);
@@ -67,6 +67,15 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> SyntaxChecker<'a, 'tcx> {
                         String::from("```text"),
                         Applicability::MachineApplicable,
                     );
+                } else if suggest_using_text && code_block.is_ignore {
+                    let sp = sp.from_inner(InnerSpan::new(0, 3));
+                    diag.span_suggestion(
+                        sp,
+                        "`ignore` code blocks require valid Rust code for syntax highlighting. \
+                         Mark blocks that do not contain Rust code as text",
+                        String::from("```text,"),
+                        Applicability::MachineApplicable,
+                    );
                 }
 
                 diag