4 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/doc/favicon.inc b/src/doc/favicon.inc
index 8f881657bdc..9c330685209 100644
--- a/src/doc/favicon.inc
+++ b/src/doc/favicon.inc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<link rel="shortcut icon" href="https://www.rust-lang.org/favicon.ico">
+<link rel="icon" href="https://www.rust-lang.org/favicon.ico">
diff --git a/src/doc/redirect.inc b/src/doc/redirect.inc
index 33e3860c2a4..2fb44be0145 100644
--- a/src/doc/redirect.inc
+++ b/src/doc/redirect.inc
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 <meta name="robots" content="noindex,follow">
-<link rel="shortcut icon" href="https://www.rust-lang.org/favicon.ico">
+<link rel="icon" href="https://www.rust-lang.org/favicon.ico">
diff --git a/src/doc/rustdoc/src/the-doc-attribute.md b/src/doc/rustdoc/src/the-doc-attribute.md
index a75b6d38931..c5cc84022e3 100644
--- a/src/doc/rustdoc/src/the-doc-attribute.md
+++ b/src/doc/rustdoc/src/the-doc-attribute.md
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ This form of the `doc` attribute lets you control the favicon of your docs.
 #![doc(html_favicon_url = "https://example.com/favicon.ico")]
 ```
 
-This will put `<link rel="shortcut icon" href="{}">` into your docs, where
+This will put `<link rel="icon" href="{}">` into your docs, where
 the string for the attribute goes into the `{}`.
 
 If you don't use this attribute, there will be no favicon.
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/templates/page.html b/src/librustdoc/html/templates/page.html
index baadd3c27b4..564731ab735 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/templates/page.html
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/templates/page.html
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             href="{{static_root_path|safe}}theme{{page.resource_suffix}}.css"> {#- -#}
     {%- endif -%}
     {%- if !layout.favicon.is_empty() -%}
-        <link rel="shortcut icon" href="{{layout.favicon}}"> {#- -#}
+        <link rel="icon" href="{{layout.favicon}}"> {#- -#}
     {%- else -%}
         <link rel="alternate icon" type="image/png" {# -#}
             href="{{static_root_path|safe}}favicon-16x16{{page.resource_suffix}}.png"> {#- -#}