diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 23a9489b..14405eb6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -228,12 +228,6 @@ version = "1.0.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "86e3bdc80eee6e16b2b6b0f87fbc98c04bee3455e35174c0de1a125d0688c632"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "doc-comment"
-version = "0.3.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fea41bba32d969b513997752735605054bc0dfa92b4c56bf1189f2e174be7a10"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "document-features"
 version = "0.2.7"
@@ -1010,7 +1004,6 @@ version = "3.12.0"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "chrono",
- "doc-comment",
  "document-features",
  "expect-test",
  "fnv",
diff --git a/serde_with/Cargo.toml b/serde_with/Cargo.toml
index e605abfb..91a47b0e 100644
--- a/serde_with/Cargo.toml
+++ b/serde_with/Cargo.toml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ std = ["alloc", "serde/std", "chrono_0_4?/clock", "chrono_0_4?/std", "indexmap_1
 
 ## The `guide` feature enables inclusion of this user guide.
 ## The feature only changes the rustdoc output and enables no other effects.
-guide = ["dep:doc-comment", "dep:document-features", "macros", "std"]
+guide = ["dep:document-features", "macros", "std"]
 
 #! # Features
 #!
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ time_0_3 = ["dep:time_0_3"]
 [dependencies]
 base64 = { version = "0.22.1", optional = true, default-features = false }
 chrono_0_4 = { package = "chrono", version = "0.4.20", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["serde"] }
-doc-comment = { version = "0.3.3", optional = true }
 document-features = { version = "0.2.7", optional = true }
 hashbrown_0_14 = { package = "hashbrown", version = "0.14.0", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["serde"] }
 hashbrown_0_15 = { package = "hashbrown", version = "0.15.0", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["serde"] }
diff --git a/serde_with/src/lib.rs b/serde_with/src/lib.rs
index 28252a0d..74a227b8 100644
--- a/serde_with/src/lib.rs
+++ b/serde_with/src/lib.rs
@@ -328,13 +328,10 @@ pub mod with_suffix;
 
 // Taken from shepmaster/snafu
 // Originally licensed as MIT+Apache 2
-// https://github.com/shepmaster/snafu/blob/fd37d79d4531ed1d3eebffad0d658928eb860cfe/src/lib.rs#L121-L165
+// https://github.com/shepmaster/snafu/blob/90991b609e8928ceebf7df1b040408539d21adda/src/lib.rs#L343-L376
 #[cfg(feature = "guide")]
 #[allow(unused_macro_rules)]
 macro_rules! generate_guide {
-    (pub mod $name:ident; $($rest:tt)*) => {
-        generate_guide!(@gen ".", pub mod $name { } $($rest)*);
-    };
     (pub mod $name:ident { $($children:tt)* } $($rest:tt)*) => {
         generate_guide!(@gen ".", pub mod $name { $($children)* } $($rest)*);
     };
@@ -343,16 +340,27 @@ macro_rules! generate_guide {
         generate_guide!(@gen $prefix, pub mod $name { } $($rest)*);
     };
     (@gen $prefix:expr, @code pub mod $name:ident; $($rest:tt)*) => {
+        #[cfg(feature = "guide")]
         pub mod $name;
+
+        #[cfg(not(feature = "guide"))]
+        /// Not currently built; please add the `guide` feature flag.
+        pub mod $name {}
+
         generate_guide!(@gen $prefix, $($rest)*);
     };
     (@gen $prefix:expr, pub mod $name:ident { $($children:tt)* } $($rest:tt)*) => {
-        doc_comment::doc_comment! {
-            include_str!(concat!($prefix, "/", stringify!($name), ".md")),
-            pub mod $name {
-                generate_guide!(@gen concat!($prefix, "/", stringify!($name)), $($children)*);
-            }
+        #[cfg(feature = "guide")]
+        #[doc = include_str!(concat!($prefix, "/", stringify!($name), ".md"))]
+        pub mod $name {
+            generate_guide!(@gen concat!($prefix, "/", stringify!($name)), $($children)*);
         }
+        #[cfg(not(feature = "guide"))]
+        /// Not currently built; please add the `guide` feature flag.
+        pub mod $name {
+            generate_guide!(@gen concat!($prefix, "/", stringify!($name)), $($children)*);
+        }
+
         generate_guide!(@gen $prefix, $($rest)*);
     };
 }