diff --git a/xtask/src/codegen.rs b/xtask/src/codegen.rs
index f164abdbb1..eb757c83d1 100644
--- a/xtask/src/codegen.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/codegen.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use crate::{
 
 pub(crate) mod assists_doc_tests;
 pub(crate) mod diagnostics_docs;
-mod feature_docs;
+pub(crate) mod feature_docs;
 mod grammar;
 mod lints;
 mod parser_inline_tests;
diff --git a/xtask/src/release.rs b/xtask/src/release.rs
index b936876b52..3eda2bc027 100644
--- a/xtask/src/release.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/release.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ impl flags::Release {
         // Generates bits of manual.adoc.
         codegen::diagnostics_docs::generate(false);
         codegen::assists_doc_tests::generate(false);
+        codegen::feature_docs::generate(false);
 
         let website_root = project_root().join("../rust-analyzer.github.io");
         {