diff --git a/src/bootstrap/bin/rustdoc.rs b/src/bootstrap/bin/rustdoc.rs
index 04345867bf5..ba644e61118 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/bin/rustdoc.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/bin/rustdoc.rs
@@ -52,12 +52,7 @@ fn main() {
     // Bootstrap's Cargo-command builder sets this variable to the current Rust version; let's pick
     // it up so we can make rustdoc print this into the docs
     if let Some(version) = env::var_os("RUSTDOC_CRATE_VERSION") {
-        // This "unstable-options" can be removed when `--crate-version` is stabilized
-        if !has_unstable {
-            cmd.arg("-Z").arg("unstable-options");
-        }
         cmd.arg("--crate-version").arg(version);
-        has_unstable = true;
     }
 
     // Needed to be able to run all rustdoc tests.
diff --git a/src/doc/rustdoc/src/command-line-arguments.md b/src/doc/rustdoc/src/command-line-arguments.md
index 2e32ce31eca..f09192a53ba 100644
--- a/src/doc/rustdoc/src/command-line-arguments.md
+++ b/src/doc/rustdoc/src/command-line-arguments.md
@@ -390,3 +390,15 @@ the same CSS rules as the official `light` theme.
 `--check-theme` is a separate mode in `rustdoc`. When `rustdoc` sees the
 `--check-theme` flag, it discards all other flags and only performs the CSS rule
 comparison operation.
+
+### `--crate-version`: control the crate version
+
+Using this flag looks like this:
+
+```bash
+$ rustdoc src/lib.rs --crate-version 1.3.37
+```
+
+When `rustdoc` receives this flag, it will print an extra "Version (version)" into the sidebar of
+the crate root's docs. You can use this flag to differentiate between different versions of your
+library's documentation.
diff --git a/src/doc/rustdoc/src/unstable-features.md b/src/doc/rustdoc/src/unstable-features.md
index a48526d39fd..7bc70a206ee 100644
--- a/src/doc/rustdoc/src/unstable-features.md
+++ b/src/doc/rustdoc/src/unstable-features.md
@@ -269,18 +269,6 @@ Markdown file, the URL given to `--markdown-playground-url` will take precedence
 `--playground-url` and `#![doc(html_playground_url = "url")]` are present when rendering crate docs,
 the attribute will take precedence.
 
-### `--crate-version`: control the crate version
-
-Using this flag looks like this:
-
-```bash
-$ rustdoc src/lib.rs -Z unstable-options --crate-version 1.3.37
-```
-
-When `rustdoc` receives this flag, it will print an extra "Version (version)" into the sidebar of
-the crate root's docs. You can use this flag to differentiate between different versions of your
-library's documentation.
-
 ### `--sort-modules-by-appearance`: control how items on module pages are sorted
 
 Using this flag looks like this:
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/lib.rs b/src/librustdoc/lib.rs
index eab88b7165d..2aa9c0ce01b 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/lib.rs
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ fn opts() -> Vec<RustcOptGroup> {
         unstable("display-warnings", |o| {
             o.optflag("", "display-warnings", "to print code warnings when testing doc")
         }),
-        unstable("crate-version", |o| {
+        stable("crate-version", |o| {
             o.optopt("", "crate-version", "crate version to print into documentation", "VERSION")
         }),
         unstable("sort-modules-by-appearance", |o| {
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc/crate-version.rs b/src/test/rustdoc/crate-version.rs
index 9ea84ac0312..893af5c6133 100644
--- a/src/test/rustdoc/crate-version.rs
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc/crate-version.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-// compile-flags: --crate-version=1.3.37 -Z unstable-options
+// compile-flags: --crate-version=1.3.37
 
 // @has 'crate_version/index.html' '//div[@class="block version"]/p' 'Version 1.3.37'