diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 89df72f69db..83bad9cfdc6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@6720f05bc48b77f96918929a9019fb2203ff71f8 # v2.0.0
 
     - name: Check rustdoc links
-      run: RUSTDOCFLAGS="--deny rustdoc::broken_intra_doc_links --deny warnings" cargo doc --verbose --workspace --no-deps --all-features
+      run: RUSTDOCFLAGS="--deny rustdoc::broken_intra_doc_links --deny warnings" cargo doc --verbose --workspace --no-deps --all-features --document-private-items
 
   check-clippy:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest