diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/main.js b/src/librustdoc/html/static/main.js
index 00ca78b749e..85ab0855f05 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static/main.js
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static/main.js
@@ -2105,7 +2105,7 @@ if (!DOMTokenList.prototype.remove) {
     }
 
     var toggle = createSimpleToggle(false);
-    var hideMethodDocs = getCurrentValue("rustdoc-method-docs") !== "false";
+    var hideMethodDocs = getCurrentValue("rustdoc-method-docs") === "true";
     var pageId = getPageId();
 
     var func = function(e) {