diff --git a/lib/ex_doc/formatter/html.ex b/lib/ex_doc/formatter/html.ex
index c2d7a9dfe..a0faa8215 100644
--- a/lib/ex_doc/formatter/html.ex
+++ b/lib/ex_doc/formatter/html.ex
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ defmodule ExDoc.Formatter.HTML do
   @doc """
   Generate HTML documentation for the given modules.
   """
-  @spec run(list, ExDoc.Config.t()) :: String.t()
+  @spec run([module], ExDoc.Config.t()) :: String.t()
   def run(project_nodes, config) when is_map(config) do
     config = normalize_config(config)
     config = %{config | output: Path.expand(config.output)}
diff --git a/lib/ex_doc/formatter/html/autolink.ex b/lib/ex_doc/formatter/html/autolink.ex
index ce9e07437..5ff55822a 100644
--- a/lib/ex_doc/formatter/html/autolink.ex
+++ b/lib/ex_doc/formatter/html/autolink.ex
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ defmodule ExDoc.Formatter.HTML.Autolink do
 
     %{
       aliases: aliases,
+      config: config,
       docs_refs: docs_refs ++ types_refs,
       extension: extension,
       lib_dirs: lib_dirs,
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ defmodule ExDoc.Formatter.HTML.Autolink do
   def project_doc(nil, _id, _compiled), do: nil
 
   def project_doc(string, id, compiled) when is_binary(string) and is_map(compiled) do
-    config =
+    options =
       compiled
       |> Map.put(:id, id)
       |> Map.put_new(:module_id, nil)
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ defmodule ExDoc.Formatter.HTML.Autolink do
 
     string =
       Enum.reduce(@regexes, string, fn {kind, language, link_type}, acc ->
-        link(acc, language, kind, link_type, config)
+        link(acc, language, kind, link_type, options)
       end)
 
     postprocess(string)
@@ -340,12 +341,14 @@ defmodule ExDoc.Formatter.HTML.Autolink do
   #
   # It accepts a list of `options` used in the replacement functions.
   # - `:aliases
-  # - `:docs_refs`
+  # - `:config`
+  # - `:docs_refs` - Docs and types references
   # - `:extension` - Default value is `".html"`
   # - `:lib_dirs`
   # - `:locals` - A list of local functions
   # - `:module_id` - Module of the current doc. Default value is `nil`
   # - `:modules_refs` - List of modules available
+  # - `:skip_undefined_reference_warnings_on`
   #
   # Internal options:
   # - `:preprocess?` - `true` or `false`. Do preprocessing and postprocessing, such as replacing backticks
@@ -380,7 +383,16 @@ defmodule ExDoc.Formatter.HTML.Autolink do
       pmfa = {_prefix, module, function, arity} = split_match(kind, match)
       text = default_text(":", link_type, pmfa, text)
 
-      if doc = module_docs(:erlang, module, lib_dirs) do
+      module_or_mfa =
+        case kind do
+          :module ->
+            module
+
+          :function ->
+            {module, function, arity}
+        end
+
+      if doc = module_docs(:erlang, module_or_mfa, lib_dirs) do
         case kind do
           :module ->
             "[#{text}](#{doc}#{module}.html)"
@@ -467,7 +479,7 @@ defmodule ExDoc.Formatter.HTML.Autolink do
 
           all
 
-        doc = module_docs(:elixir, module, lib_dirs) ->
+        doc = module_docs(:elixir, {module, function, arity}, lib_dirs) ->
           "[#{text}](#{doc}#{module}.html##{prefix}#{enc_h(function)}/#{arity})"
 
         true ->
@@ -539,9 +551,15 @@ defmodule ExDoc.Formatter.HTML.Autolink do
   defp default_lib_dirs(:erlang),
     do: erlang_lib_dirs()
 
+  defp module_docs(:elixir, {module, function, arity}, lib_dirs),
+    do: lib_dirs_to_doc({"Elixir." <> module, function, arity}, lib_dirs)
+
   defp module_docs(:elixir, module, lib_dirs),
     do: lib_dirs_to_doc("Elixir." <> module, lib_dirs)
 
+  defp module_docs(:erlang, {module, function, arity}, lib_dirs),
+    do: lib_dirs_to_doc({module, function, arity}, lib_dirs)
+
   defp module_docs(:erlang, module, lib_dirs),
     do: lib_dirs_to_doc(module, lib_dirs)
 
@@ -588,7 +606,16 @@ defmodule ExDoc.Formatter.HTML.Autolink do
   defp doc_prefix(%{type: c}) when c in [:callback, :macrocallback], do: "c:"
   defp doc_prefix(%{type: _}), do: ""
 
-  defp lib_dirs_to_doc(module, lib_dirs) do
+  defp lib_dirs_to_doc(module, lib_dirs) when is_atom(module) do
+    lib_dirs_to_doc({"#{module}", "", ""}, lib_dirs)
+  end
+
+  defp lib_dirs_to_doc(module, lib_dirs) when is_binary(module) do
+    lib_dirs_to_doc({module, "", ""}, lib_dirs)
+  end
+
+  defp lib_dirs_to_doc({module, function, arity}, lib_dirs)
+       when is_binary(module) and is_binary(function) and is_binary(arity) do
     case :code.where_is_file('#{module}.beam') do
       :non_existing ->
         nil
@@ -600,7 +627,7 @@ defmodule ExDoc.Formatter.HTML.Autolink do
         |> Enum.filter(fn {lib_dir, _} -> String.starts_with?(path, lib_dir) end)
         |> Enum.sort_by(fn {lib_dir, _} -> -byte_size(lib_dir) end)
         |> case do
-          [{_, doc} | _] -> doc
+          [{_doc_path, doc} | _] -> doc
           _ -> nil
         end
     end
diff --git a/lib/ex_doc/retriever.ex b/lib/ex_doc/retriever.ex
index 795352379..a50dfdda7 100644
--- a/lib/ex_doc/retriever.ex
+++ b/lib/ex_doc/retriever.ex
@@ -11,17 +11,25 @@ defmodule ExDoc.Retriever do
   alias ExDoc.Retriever.Error
 
   @doc """
-  Extract documentation from all modules in the specified directory or directories.
+  Extracts documentation from all modules in the specified directory or directories.
   """
   @spec docs_from_dir(Path.t() | [Path.t()], ExDoc.Config.t()) :: [ExDoc.ModuleNode.t()]
   def docs_from_dir(dir, config) when is_binary(dir) do
-    pattern = if config.filter_prefix, do: "Elixir.#{config.filter_prefix}*.beam", else: "*.beam"
-    files = Path.wildcard(Path.expand(pattern, dir))
-    docs_from_files(files, config)
+    dir
+    |> __docs_from_dir__(config)
+    |> reject_docs_with_moduledoc_false()
   end
 
   def docs_from_dir(dirs, config) when is_list(dirs) do
-    Enum.flat_map(dirs, &docs_from_dir(&1, config))
+    dirs
+    |> Enum.flat_map(&__docs_from_dir__(&1, config))
+    |> reject_docs_with_moduledoc_false()
+  end
+
+  defp __docs_from_dir__(dir, config) do
+    dir
+    |> files_from_pattern(config)
+    |> docs_from_files(config)
   end
 
   @doc """
@@ -35,20 +43,44 @@ defmodule ExDoc.Retriever do
   end
 
   @doc """
-  Extract documentation from all modules in the list `modules`
+  Extracts documentation from all modules in the list `modules`
   """
-  @spec docs_from_modules([atom], ExDoc.Config.t()) :: [ExDoc.ModuleNode.t()]
+  @spec docs_from_modules([module], ExDoc.Config.t()) :: [ExDoc.ModuleNode.t()]
   def docs_from_modules(modules, config) when is_list(modules) do
     modules
     |> Enum.flat_map(&get_module(&1, config))
+    |> reject_docs_with_moduledoc_false()
     |> Enum.sort_by(fn module ->
       {GroupMatcher.group_index(config.groups_for_modules, module.group), module.id}
     end)
   end
 
+  ## Helpers
+
+  defp reject_docs_with_moduledoc_false(docs) do
+    Enum.reject(docs, fn
+      {:module_doc_hidden, _} -> true
+      _ -> false
+    end)
+  end
+
+  defp files_from_pattern(dir, config) do
+    pattern =
+      if config.filter_prefix do
+        "Elixir.#{config.filter_prefix}*.beam"
+      else
+        "*.beam"
+      end
+
+    pattern
+    |> Path.expand(dir)
+    |> Path.wildcard()
+  end
+
   defp filename_to_module(name) do
-    name = Path.basename(name, ".beam")
-    String.to_atom(name)
+    name
+    |> Path.basename(".beam")
+    |> String.to_atom()
   end
 
   # Get all the information from the module and compile
@@ -60,10 +92,15 @@ defmodule ExDoc.Retriever do
       raise Error, "module #{inspect(module)} is not defined/available"
     end
 
-    if docs_chunk = docs_chunk(module) do
-      generate_node(module, docs_chunk, config)
-    else
-      []
+    case docs_chunk(module) do
+      false ->
+        []
+
+      :hidden ->
+        %{module_doc_hidden: module}
+
+      docs_chunk ->
+        generate_node(module, docs_chunk, config)
     end
   end
 
@@ -89,7 +126,7 @@ defmodule ExDoc.Retriever do
     if function_exported?(module, :__info__, 1) do
       case Code.fetch_docs(module) do
         {:docs_v1, _, _, _, :hidden, _, _} ->
-          false
+          :hidden
 
         {:docs_v1, _, _, _, _, _, _} = docs ->
           docs
diff --git a/test/ex_doc/retriever_test.exs b/test/ex_doc/retriever_test.exs
index 8db6eebc0..28fc8f3e3 100644
--- a/test/ex_doc/retriever_test.exs
+++ b/test/ex_doc/retriever_test.exs
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ defmodule ExDoc.RetrieverTest do
              """
     end
 
+    test "returns modules with @doc false" do
+      assert [CompiledWithDocs, CompiledWithDocs] ==
+               ["CompiledWithDocs", "ModuledocFalse", "CompiledWithDocs"]
+               |> docs_from_files()
+               |> Enum.map(& &1.module)
+    end
+
     test "returns module group" do
       [module_node] =
         docs_from_files(["CompiledWithDocs"], groups_for_modules: [Group: [CompiledWithDocs]])
diff --git a/test/fixtures/moduledoc_false.ex b/test/fixtures/moduledoc_false.ex
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb79dca3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/moduledoc_false.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+defmodule ModuledocFalse do
+  @moduledoc false
+
+  @doc """
+  Foo is the new bar
+  """
+  def foo do
+    :foo
+  end
+end