diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/auto_trait.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/auto_trait.rs
index e771714ed6119..f9d1666977134 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/auto_trait.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/auto_trait.rs
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> AutoTraitFinder<'a, 'tcx> {
                         .and_then(|trait_| {
                             ty_to_traits
                                 .get(&ty)
-                                .map(|bounds| bounds.contains(&strip_path(trait_.clone())))
+                                .map(|bounds| bounds.contains(&strip_path_generics(trait_.clone())))
                         })
                         .unwrap_or(false)
                     {
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/utils.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/utils.rs
index 487efdc060f09..1449b8acf0cd7 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/utils.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/utils.rs
@@ -156,7 +156,8 @@ pub(super) fn external_path(
     }
 }
 
-crate fn strip_path(path: Path) -> Path {
+/// Remove the generic arguments from a path.
+crate fn strip_path_generics(path: Path) -> Path {
     let segments = path
         .segments
         .iter()