diff --git a/src/librustdoc/config.rs b/src/librustdoc/config.rs
index 3d4b4e969157c..f1fdce48181c2 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/config.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/config.rs
@@ -322,8 +322,8 @@ pub(crate) enum ModuleSorting {
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub(crate) enum EmitType {
-    Toolchain,
-    InvocationSpecific,
+    HtmlStaticFiles,
+    HtmlNonStaticFiles,
     DepInfo(Option<OutFileName>),
 }
 
@@ -332,8 +332,12 @@ impl FromStr for EmitType {
 
     fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
         match s {
-            "toolchain-shared-resources" => Ok(Self::Toolchain),
-            "invocation-specific" => Ok(Self::InvocationSpecific),
+            // old nightly-only choices that are going away soon
+            "toolchain-shared-resources" => Ok(Self::HtmlStaticFiles),
+            "invocation-specific" => Ok(Self::HtmlNonStaticFiles),
+            // modern choices
+            "html-static-files" => Ok(Self::HtmlStaticFiles),
+            "html-non-static-files" => Ok(Self::HtmlNonStaticFiles),
             "dep-info" => Ok(Self::DepInfo(None)),
             option => match option.strip_prefix("dep-info=") {
                 Some("-") => Ok(Self::DepInfo(Some(OutFileName::Stdout))),
@@ -346,7 +350,7 @@ impl FromStr for EmitType {
 
 impl RenderOptions {
     pub(crate) fn should_emit_crate(&self) -> bool {
-        self.emit.is_empty() || self.emit.contains(&EmitType::InvocationSpecific)
+        self.emit.is_empty() || self.emit.contains(&EmitType::HtmlNonStaticFiles)
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn dep_info(&self) -> Option<Option<&OutFileName>> {
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render/write_shared.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render/write_shared.rs
index 1b5dbeed8de80..b1c77063ca94e 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render/write_shared.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render/write_shared.rs
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ fn write_static_files(
         try_err!(fs::write(&dst_path, buffer), &dst_path);
     }
 
-    if opt.emit.is_empty() || opt.emit.contains(&EmitType::Toolchain) {
+    if opt.emit.is_empty() || opt.emit.contains(&EmitType::HtmlStaticFiles) {
         static_files::for_each(|f: &static_files::StaticFile| {
             let filename = static_dir.join(f.output_filename());
             let contents: &[u8] =
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/lib.rs b/src/librustdoc/lib.rs
index 8cad0210ea346..3445221e4dcee 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/lib.rs
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ fn opts() -> Vec<RustcOptGroup> {
             "",
             "emit",
             "Comma separated list of types of output for rustdoc to emit",
-            "[toolchain-shared-resources,invocation-specific,dep-info]",
+            "[html-static-files,html-non-static-files,dep-info]",
         ),
         opt(Unstable, FlagMulti, "", "no-run", "Compile doctests without running them", ""),
         opt(
diff --git a/tests/run-make/emit-shared-files/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/emit-shared-files/rmake.rs
index bd868d4fd19e2..9841dce27fa2f 100644
--- a/tests/run-make/emit-shared-files/rmake.rs
+++ b/tests/run-make/emit-shared-files/rmake.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ fn main() {
 
     rustdoc()
         .arg("-Zunstable-options")
-        .arg("--emit=toolchain-shared-resources")
+        .arg("--emit=html-static-files")
         .out_dir("toolchain-only")
         .arg("--resource-suffix=-xxx")
         .args(&["--extend-css", "z.css"])
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ fn main() {
 
     rustdoc()
         .arg("-Zunstable-options")
-        .arg("--emit=toolchain-shared-resources")
+        .arg("--emit=html-static-files")
         .out_dir("all-shared")
         .arg("--resource-suffix=-xxx")
         .args(&["--extend-css", "z.css"])
diff --git a/tests/run-make/rustdoc-default-output/output-default.stdout b/tests/run-make/rustdoc-default-output/output-default.stdout
index 4e28be347cbb1..bc3a67a1ebcdc 100644
--- a/tests/run-make/rustdoc-default-output/output-default.stdout
+++ b/tests/run-make/rustdoc-default-output/output-default.stdout
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ Options:
         --generate-redirect-map 
                         Generate JSON file at the top level instead of
                         generating HTML redirection files
-        --emit [toolchain-shared-resources,invocation-specific,dep-info]
+        --emit [html-static-files,html-non-static-files,dep-info]
                         Comma separated list of types of output for rustdoc to
                         emit
         --no-run        Compile doctests without running them