diff --git a/ci/assert-docs.sh b/ci/assert-docs.sh
index d5757403ec..2bbc35af38 100755
--- a/ci/assert-docs.sh
+++ b/ci/assert-docs.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 set -xeu
 cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
 
-cargo build --features "$BINDGEN_FEATURES testing_only_docs"
+cargo check --features "$BINDGEN_FEATURES testing_only_docs"