diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
index 1a42b02140cd..7701dd2fd990 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
@@ -1237,6 +1237,7 @@ pub struct TyParam {
     pub did: DefId,
     pub bounds: Vec<TyParamBound>,
     pub default: Option<Type>,
+    pub synthetic: Option<hir::SyntheticTyParamKind>,
 }
 
 impl Clean<TyParam> for hir::TyParam {
@@ -1246,6 +1247,7 @@ impl Clean<TyParam> for hir::TyParam {
             did: cx.tcx.hir.local_def_id(self.id),
             bounds: self.bounds.clean(cx),
             default: self.default.clean(cx),
+            synthetic: self.synthetic,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -1261,7 +1263,8 @@ impl<'tcx> Clean<TyParam> for ty::TypeParameterDef {
                 Some(cx.tcx.type_of(self.def_id).clean(cx))
             } else {
                 None
-            }
+            },
+            synthetic: None,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -1629,6 +1632,16 @@ pub enum GenericParam {
     Type(TyParam),
 }
 
+impl GenericParam {
+    pub fn is_synthetic_type_param(&self) -> bool {
+        if let GenericParam::Type(ref t) = *self {
+            t.synthetic.is_some()
+        } else {
+            false
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl Clean<GenericParam> for hir::GenericParam {
     fn clean(&self, cx: &DocContext) -> GenericParam {
         match *self {
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs
index 2913ea6a78ec..0c4cd3accf61 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs
@@ -148,11 +148,17 @@ impl fmt::Display for clean::GenericParam {
 
 impl fmt::Display for clean::Generics {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-        if self.params.is_empty() { return Ok(()) }
+        let real_params = self.params
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|p| !p.is_synthetic_type_param())
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        if real_params.is_empty() {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
         if f.alternate() {
-            write!(f, "<{:#}>", CommaSep(&self.params))
+            write!(f, "<{:#}>", CommaSep(&real_params))
         } else {
-            write!(f, "&lt;{}&gt;", CommaSep(&self.params))
+            write!(f, "&lt;{}&gt;", CommaSep(&real_params))
         }
     }
 }