diff --git a/vhost-user-backend/Cargo.toml b/vhost-user-backend/Cargo.toml
index df840c0..33ba4b3 100644
--- a/vhost-user-backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vhost-user-backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ vhost = { path = "../vhost", version = "0.14.0", features = ["test-utils", "vhos
 vm-memory = { workspace = true, features = ["backend-mmap", "backend-atomic"] }
 tempfile = "3.2.0"
 
+[lints.rust]
+unexpected_cfgs = { level = "warn", check-cfg = ['cfg(RUSTDOC_disable_feature_compat_errors)'] }
+
 [package.metadata.cargo-all-features]
 skip_feature_sets = [
     ["xen", "postcopy"]
-]
\ No newline at end of file
+]
diff --git a/vhost-user-backend/src/lib.rs b/vhost-user-backend/src/lib.rs
index 7e1db9e..7ade20a 100644
--- a/vhost-user-backend/src/lib.rs
+++ b/vhost-user-backend/src/lib.rs
@@ -36,10 +36,15 @@ pub use self::vring::{
     VringMutex, VringRwLock, VringState, VringStateGuard, VringStateMutGuard, VringT,
 };
 
-/// Due to the way `xen` handles memory mappings we can not combine it with
-/// `postcopy` feature which relies on persistent memory mappings. Thus we
-/// disallow enabling both features at the same time.
-#[cfg(all(feature = "postcopy", feature = "xen"))]
+// Due to the way `xen` handles memory mappings we can not combine it with
+// `postcopy` feature which relies on persistent memory mappings. Thus we
+// disallow enabling both features at the same time.
+#[cfg(all(
+    not(RUSTDOC_disable_feature_compat_errors),
+    not(doc),
+    feature = "postcopy",
+    feature = "xen"
+))]
 compile_error!("Both `postcopy` and `xen` features can not be enabled at the same time.");
 
 /// An alias for `GuestMemoryAtomic<GuestMemoryMmap<B>>` to simplify code.
diff --git a/vhost/Cargo.toml b/vhost/Cargo.toml
index 88a02c3..c372c9e 100644
--- a/vhost/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vhost/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ vm-memory = { workspace = true, features=["backend-mmap"] }
 tempfile = "3.2.0"
 serial_test = "3.0"
 
+[lints.rust]
+unexpected_cfgs = { level = "warn", check-cfg = ['cfg(RUSTDOC_disable_feature_compat_errors)'] }
+
 [package.metadata.cargo-all-features]
 skip_feature_sets = [
     ["xen", "postcopy"]
diff --git a/vhost/src/lib.rs b/vhost/src/lib.rs
index 6a2c0e1..1393cf3 100644
--- a/vhost/src/lib.rs
+++ b/vhost/src/lib.rs
@@ -51,10 +51,15 @@ pub mod vhost_user;
 #[cfg(feature = "vhost-vsock")]
 pub mod vsock;
 
-/// Due to the way `xen` handles memory mappings we can not combine it with
-/// `postcopy` feature which relies on persistent memory mappings. Thus we
-/// disallow enabling both features at the same time.
-#[cfg(all(not(doc), feature = "postcopy", feature = "xen"))]
+// Due to the way `xen` handles memory mappings we can not combine it with
+// `postcopy` feature which relies on persistent memory mappings. Thus we
+// disallow enabling both features at the same time.
+#[cfg(all(
+    not(RUSTDOC_disable_feature_compat_errors),
+    not(doc),
+    feature = "postcopy",
+    feature = "xen"
+))]
 compile_error!("Both `postcopy` and `xen` features can not be enabled at the same time.");
 
 /// Error codes for vhost operations