diff --git a/crates/scroll/trie/src/lib.rs b/crates/scroll/trie/src/lib.rs
index f4a20dfb2ae7..c5cd075acc76 100644
--- a/crates/scroll/trie/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/scroll/trie/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Fast binary Merkle-Patricia Trie (zktrie) state root calculator and proof generator for
 //! prefix-sorted bits.
 
-#![doc = include_str!("../assets/zktrie.md")]
+#![cfg_attr(not(doctest), doc = include_str!("../assets/zktrie.md"))]
 
 #[macro_use]
 #[allow(unused_imports)]