diff --git a/docs/sphinx/kerneldoc.py b/docs/sphinx/kerneldoc.py
index 1159405..3e87940 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx/kerneldoc.py
+++ b/docs/sphinx/kerneldoc.py
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
                 env.note_dependency(os.path.abspath(f))
                 cmd += ['-export-file', f]
 
+        cmd += ['-sphinx-version', sphinx.__version__]
         cmd += [filename]
 
         try:
diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 8dc30e0..030b5c8 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@
 			DOC: sections. May be specified multiple times.
 
 Output selection modifiers:
+  -sphinx-version VER   Generate rST syntax for the specified Sphinx version.
+                        Only works with reStructuredTextFormat.
   -no-doc-sections	Do not output DOC: sections.
   -enable-lineno        Enable output of #define LINENO lines. Only works with
                         reStructuredText format.
@@ -286,6 +288,7 @@
 };
 my $output_selection = OUTPUT_ALL;
 my $show_not_found = 0;	# No longer used
+my $sphinx_version = "0.0"; # if not specified, assume old
 
 my @export_file_list;
 
@@ -436,6 +439,8 @@
 	    $enable_lineno = 1;
     } elsif ($cmd eq 'show-not-found') {
 	$show_not_found = 1;  # A no-op but don't fail
+    } elsif ($cmd eq 'sphinx-version') {
+        $sphinx_version = shift @ARGV;
     } else {
 	# Unknown argument
         usage();
@@ -963,7 +968,16 @@
     my $oldprefix = $lineprefix;
     my $name = $args{'type'} . " " . $args{'struct'};
 
-    print "\n\n.. c:type:: " . $name . "\n\n";
+    # Sphinx 3.0 and up will emit warnings for "c:type:: struct Foo".
+    # It wants to see "c:struct:: Foo" (and will add the word 'struct' in
+    # the rendered output).
+    if ((split(/\./, $sphinx_version))[0] >= 3) {
+        my $sname = $name;
+        $sname =~ s/^struct //;
+        print "\n\n.. c:struct:: " . $sname . "\n\n";
+    } else {
+        print "\n\n.. c:type:: " . $name . "\n\n";
+    }
     print_lineno($declaration_start_line);
     $lineprefix = "   ";
     output_highlight_rst($args{'purpose'});