diff --git a/src/liballoc/prelude/mod.rs b/src/liballoc/prelude/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..44a859d31ecb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/liballoc/prelude/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+//! The alloc Prelude
+//!
+//! The purpose of this module is to alleviate imports of commonly-used
+//! items of the `alloc` crate by adding a glob import to the top of modules:
+//!
+//! ```
+//! # #![allow(unused_imports)]
+//! # #![feature(alloc)]
+//! extern crate alloc;
+//! use alloc::prelude::v1::*;
+//! ```
+
+#![unstable(feature = "alloc", issue = "27783")]
+
+pub mod v1;
diff --git a/src/liballoc/prelude.rs b/src/liballoc/prelude/v1.rs
similarity index 60%
rename from src/liballoc/prelude.rs
rename to src/liballoc/prelude/v1.rs
index 6767cf89f73ba..2df330d19f8ce 100644
--- a/src/liballoc/prelude.rs
+++ b/src/liballoc/prelude/v1.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
-//! The alloc Prelude
+//! The first version of the prelude of `alloc` crate.
 //!
-//! The purpose of this module is to alleviate imports of commonly-used
-//! items of the `alloc` crate by adding a glob import to the top of modules:
-//!
-//! ```
-//! # #![allow(unused_imports)]
-//! # #![feature(alloc)]
-//! extern crate alloc;
-//! use alloc::prelude::*;
-//! ```
+//! See the [module-level documentation](../index.html) for more.
 
 #![unstable(feature = "alloc", issue = "27783")]