diff --git a/src/librustdoc/lib.rs b/src/librustdoc/lib.rs
index 3f84eb0b4c655..ef1d7da5a341c 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/lib.rs
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ type MainResult = Result<(), ErrorGuaranteed>;
 
 fn wrap_return(diag: &rustc_errors::Handler, res: Result<(), String>) -> MainResult {
     match res {
-        Ok(()) => Ok(()),
+        Ok(()) => diag.has_errors().map_or(Ok(()), Err),
         Err(err) => {
             let reported = diag.struct_err(&err).emit();
             Err(reported)
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ fn run_renderer<'tcx, T: formats::FormatRenderer<'tcx>>(
     tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>,
 ) -> MainResult {
     match formats::run_format::<T>(krate, renderopts, cache, tcx) {
-        Ok(_) => Ok(()),
+        Ok(_) => tcx.sess.has_errors().map_or(Ok(()), Err),
         Err(e) => {
             let mut msg =
                 tcx.sess.struct_err(&format!("couldn't generate documentation: {}", e.error));
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc/const-evalutation-ice.rs b/src/test/rustdoc-ui/const-evalutation-ice.rs
similarity index 79%
rename from src/test/rustdoc/const-evalutation-ice.rs
rename to src/test/rustdoc-ui/const-evalutation-ice.rs
index 68c7f9c5686ff..96231ba56498f 100644
--- a/src/test/rustdoc/const-evalutation-ice.rs
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc-ui/const-evalutation-ice.rs
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ pub struct S {
 }
 
 pub const N: usize = 0 - (mem::size_of::<S>() != 4) as usize;
+//~^ ERROR evaluation of constant value failed
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc-ui/const-evalutation-ice.stderr b/src/test/rustdoc-ui/const-evalutation-ice.stderr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8392d49089602
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc-ui/const-evalutation-ice.stderr
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+error[E0080]: evaluation of constant value failed
+  --> $DIR/const-evalutation-ice.rs:10:22
+   |
+LL | pub const N: usize = 0 - (mem::size_of::<S>() != 4) as usize;
+   |                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ attempt to compute `0_usize - 1_usize`, which would overflow
+
+error: aborting due to previous error
+
+For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0080`.