diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/inline.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/inline.rs
index 1ccd6a2c0ef28..d820e43cb6123 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/inline.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/inline.rs
@@ -236,7 +236,6 @@ fn build_enum(cx: &mut DocContext<'_>, did: DefId) -> clean::Enum {
 
     clean::Enum {
         generics: clean_ty_generics(cx, cx.tcx.generics_of(did), predicates),
-        variants_stripped: false,
         variants: cx.tcx.adt_def(did).variants().iter().map(|v| v.clean(cx)).collect(),
     }
 }
@@ -249,7 +248,6 @@ fn build_struct(cx: &mut DocContext<'_>, did: DefId) -> clean::Struct {
         struct_type: variant.ctor_kind,
         generics: clean_ty_generics(cx, cx.tcx.generics_of(did), predicates),
         fields: variant.fields.iter().map(|x| x.clean(cx)).collect(),
-        fields_stripped: false,
     }
 }
 
@@ -259,7 +257,7 @@ fn build_union(cx: &mut DocContext<'_>, did: DefId) -> clean::Union {
 
     let generics = clean_ty_generics(cx, cx.tcx.generics_of(did), predicates);
     let fields = variant.fields.iter().map(|x| x.clean(cx)).collect();
-    clean::Union { generics, fields, fields_stripped: false }
+    clean::Union { generics, fields }
 }
 
 fn build_type_alias(cx: &mut DocContext<'_>, did: DefId) -> clean::Typedef {
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
index 9d5619bacf516..4ddfae4daccf8 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
@@ -1784,7 +1784,6 @@ impl Clean<VariantStruct> for rustc_hir::VariantData<'_> {
         VariantStruct {
             struct_type: CtorKind::from_hir(self),
             fields: self.fields().iter().map(|x| x.clean(cx)).collect(),
-            fields_stripped: false,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -1804,7 +1803,6 @@ impl Clean<Item> for ty::VariantDef {
             }
             CtorKind::Fictive => Variant::Struct(VariantStruct {
                 struct_type: CtorKind::Fictive,
-                fields_stripped: false,
                 fields: self.fields.iter().map(|field| field.clean(cx)).collect(),
             }),
         };
@@ -1914,7 +1912,6 @@ fn clean_maybe_renamed_item(
             ItemKind::Enum(ref def, ref generics) => EnumItem(Enum {
                 variants: def.variants.iter().map(|v| v.clean(cx)).collect(),
                 generics: generics.clean(cx),
-                variants_stripped: false,
             }),
             ItemKind::TraitAlias(ref generics, bounds) => TraitAliasItem(TraitAlias {
                 generics: generics.clean(cx),
@@ -1923,13 +1920,11 @@ fn clean_maybe_renamed_item(
             ItemKind::Union(ref variant_data, ref generics) => UnionItem(Union {
                 generics: generics.clean(cx),
                 fields: variant_data.fields().iter().map(|x| x.clean(cx)).collect(),
-                fields_stripped: false,
             }),
             ItemKind::Struct(ref variant_data, ref generics) => StructItem(Struct {
                 struct_type: CtorKind::from_hir(variant_data),
                 generics: generics.clean(cx),
                 fields: variant_data.fields().iter().map(|x| x.clean(cx)).collect(),
-                fields_stripped: false,
             }),
             ItemKind::Impl(ref impl_) => return clean_impl(impl_, item.hir_id(), cx),
             // proc macros can have a name set by attributes
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs
index 1bb0219c42a3e..7118e05e58eb7 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs
@@ -619,11 +619,12 @@ impl Item {
             _ => false,
         }
     }
-    pub(crate) fn has_stripped_fields(&self) -> Option<bool> {
+    pub(crate) fn has_stripped_entries(&self) -> Option<bool> {
         match *self.kind {
-            StructItem(ref _struct) => Some(_struct.fields_stripped),
-            UnionItem(ref union) => Some(union.fields_stripped),
-            VariantItem(Variant::Struct(ref vstruct)) => Some(vstruct.fields_stripped),
+            StructItem(ref struct_) => Some(struct_.has_stripped_entries()),
+            UnionItem(ref union_) => Some(union_.has_stripped_entries()),
+            EnumItem(ref enum_) => Some(enum_.has_stripped_entries()),
+            VariantItem(ref v) => v.has_stripped_entries(),
             _ => None,
         }
     }
@@ -2028,14 +2029,24 @@ pub(crate) struct Struct {
     pub(crate) struct_type: CtorKind,
     pub(crate) generics: Generics,
     pub(crate) fields: Vec<Item>,
-    pub(crate) fields_stripped: bool,
+}
+
+impl Struct {
+    pub(crate) fn has_stripped_entries(&self) -> bool {
+        self.fields.iter().any(|f| f.is_stripped())
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub(crate) struct Union {
     pub(crate) generics: Generics,
     pub(crate) fields: Vec<Item>,
-    pub(crate) fields_stripped: bool,
+}
+
+impl Union {
+    pub(crate) fn has_stripped_entries(&self) -> bool {
+        self.fields.iter().any(|f| f.is_stripped())
+    }
 }
 
 /// This is a more limited form of the standard Struct, different in that
@@ -2045,14 +2056,28 @@ pub(crate) struct Union {
 pub(crate) struct VariantStruct {
     pub(crate) struct_type: CtorKind,
     pub(crate) fields: Vec<Item>,
-    pub(crate) fields_stripped: bool,
+}
+
+impl VariantStruct {
+    pub(crate) fn has_stripped_entries(&self) -> bool {
+        self.fields.iter().any(|f| f.is_stripped())
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub(crate) struct Enum {
     pub(crate) variants: IndexVec<VariantIdx, Item>,
     pub(crate) generics: Generics,
-    pub(crate) variants_stripped: bool,
+}
+
+impl Enum {
+    pub(crate) fn has_stripped_entries(&self) -> bool {
+        self.variants.iter().any(|f| f.is_stripped())
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn variants(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = &Item> {
+        self.variants.iter().filter(|v| !v.is_stripped())
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
@@ -2062,6 +2087,15 @@ pub(crate) enum Variant {
     Struct(VariantStruct),
 }
 
+impl Variant {
+    pub(crate) fn has_stripped_entries(&self) -> Option<bool> {
+        match *self {
+            Self::Struct(ref struct_) => Some(struct_.has_stripped_entries()),
+            Self::CLike | Self::Tuple(_) => None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Small wrapper around [`rustc_span::Span`] that adds helper methods
 /// and enforces calling [`rustc_span::Span::source_callsite()`].
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug)]
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/fold.rs b/src/librustdoc/fold.rs
index f3e075bc12a34..336448904d165 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/fold.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/fold.rs
@@ -18,30 +18,15 @@ pub(crate) trait DocFolder: Sized {
             StrippedItem(..) => unreachable!(),
             ModuleItem(i) => ModuleItem(self.fold_mod(i)),
             StructItem(mut i) => {
-                let num_fields = i.fields.len();
                 i.fields = i.fields.into_iter().filter_map(|x| self.fold_item(x)).collect();
-                if !i.fields_stripped {
-                    i.fields_stripped =
-                        num_fields != i.fields.len() || i.fields.iter().any(|f| f.is_stripped());
-                }
                 StructItem(i)
             }
             UnionItem(mut i) => {
-                let num_fields = i.fields.len();
                 i.fields = i.fields.into_iter().filter_map(|x| self.fold_item(x)).collect();
-                if !i.fields_stripped {
-                    i.fields_stripped =
-                        num_fields != i.fields.len() || i.fields.iter().any(|f| f.is_stripped());
-                }
                 UnionItem(i)
             }
             EnumItem(mut i) => {
-                let num_variants = i.variants.len();
                 i.variants = i.variants.into_iter().filter_map(|x| self.fold_item(x)).collect();
-                if !i.variants_stripped {
-                    i.variants_stripped = num_variants != i.variants.len()
-                        || i.variants.iter().any(|f| f.is_stripped());
-                }
                 EnumItem(i)
             }
             TraitItem(mut i) => {
@@ -54,12 +39,7 @@ pub(crate) trait DocFolder: Sized {
             }
             VariantItem(i) => match i {
                 Variant::Struct(mut j) => {
-                    let num_fields = j.fields.len();
                     j.fields = j.fields.into_iter().filter_map(|x| self.fold_item(x)).collect();
-                    if !j.fields_stripped {
-                        j.fields_stripped = num_fields != j.fields.len()
-                            || j.fields.iter().any(|f| f.is_stripped());
-                    }
                     VariantItem(Variant::Struct(j))
                 }
                 Variant::Tuple(fields) => {
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs
index 0de50c60facb3..1b4a2cf1cb0ac 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs
@@ -2363,8 +2363,7 @@ fn sidebar_enum(cx: &Context<'_>, buf: &mut Buffer, it: &clean::Item, e: &clean:
     let mut sidebar = Buffer::new();
 
     let mut variants = e
-        .variants
-        .iter()
+        .variants()
         .filter_map(|v| {
             v.name
                 .as_ref()
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render/print_item.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render/print_item.rs
index 2c0b8d7bde146..ed41b95e73f09 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render/print_item.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render/print_item.rs
@@ -1136,6 +1136,7 @@ fn print_tuple_struct_fields(w: &mut Buffer, cx: &Context<'_>, s: &[clean::Item]
 }
 
 fn item_enum(w: &mut Buffer, cx: &Context<'_>, it: &clean::Item, e: &clean::Enum) {
+    let count_variants = e.variants().count();
     wrap_into_docblock(w, |w| {
         wrap_item(w, "enum", |w| {
             render_attributes_in_pre(w, it, "");
@@ -1147,16 +1148,16 @@ fn item_enum(w: &mut Buffer, cx: &Context<'_>, it: &clean::Item, e: &clean::Enum
                 e.generics.print(cx),
                 print_where_clause(&e.generics, cx, 0, true),
             );
-            if e.variants.is_empty() && !e.variants_stripped {
+            let variants_stripped = e.has_stripped_entries();
+            if count_variants == 0 && !variants_stripped {
                 w.write_str(" {}");
             } else {
                 w.write_str(" {\n");
-                let count_variants = e.variants.len();
                 let toggle = should_hide_fields(count_variants);
                 if toggle {
                     toggle_open(w, format_args!("{} variants", count_variants));
                 }
-                for v in &e.variants {
+                for v in e.variants() {
                     w.write_str("    ");
                     let name = v.name.unwrap();
                     match *v.kind {
@@ -1185,7 +1186,7 @@ fn item_enum(w: &mut Buffer, cx: &Context<'_>, it: &clean::Item, e: &clean::Enum
                     w.write_str(",\n");
                 }
 
-                if e.variants_stripped {
+                if variants_stripped {
                     w.write_str("    // some variants omitted\n");
                 }
                 if toggle {
@@ -1198,7 +1199,7 @@ fn item_enum(w: &mut Buffer, cx: &Context<'_>, it: &clean::Item, e: &clean::Enum
 
     document(w, cx, it, None, HeadingOffset::H2);
 
-    if !e.variants.is_empty() {
+    if count_variants != 0 {
         write!(
             w,
             "<h2 id=\"variants\" class=\"variants small-section-header\">\
@@ -1206,7 +1207,7 @@ fn item_enum(w: &mut Buffer, cx: &Context<'_>, it: &clean::Item, e: &clean::Enum
             document_non_exhaustive_header(it)
         );
         document_non_exhaustive(w, it);
-        for variant in &e.variants {
+        for variant in e.variants() {
             let id = cx.derive_id(format!("{}.{}", ItemType::Variant, variant.name.unwrap()));
             write!(
                 w,
@@ -1650,7 +1651,7 @@ fn render_union(
         }
     }
 
-    if it.has_stripped_fields().unwrap() {
+    if it.has_stripped_entries().unwrap() {
         write!(w, "    /* private fields */\n{}", tab);
     }
     if toggle {
@@ -1706,11 +1707,11 @@ fn render_struct(
             }
 
             if has_visible_fields {
-                if it.has_stripped_fields().unwrap() {
+                if it.has_stripped_entries().unwrap() {
                     write!(w, "\n{}    /* private fields */", tab);
                 }
                 write!(w, "\n{}", tab);
-            } else if it.has_stripped_fields().unwrap() {
+            } else if it.has_stripped_entries().unwrap() {
                 write!(w, " /* private fields */ ");
             }
             if toggle {
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/json/conversions.rs b/src/librustdoc/json/conversions.rs
index bc9920730dd3c..6a8e4787676e1 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/json/conversions.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/json/conversions.rs
@@ -249,7 +249,8 @@ fn from_clean_item(item: clean::Item, tcx: TyCtxt<'_>) -> ItemEnum {
 
 impl FromWithTcx<clean::Struct> for Struct {
     fn from_tcx(struct_: clean::Struct, tcx: TyCtxt<'_>) -> Self {
-        let clean::Struct { struct_type, generics, fields, fields_stripped } = struct_;
+        let fields_stripped = struct_.has_stripped_entries();
+        let clean::Struct { struct_type, generics, fields } = struct_;
         Struct {
             struct_type: from_ctor_kind(struct_type),
             generics: generics.into_tcx(tcx),
@@ -261,8 +262,9 @@ impl FromWithTcx<clean::Struct> for Struct {
 }
 
 impl FromWithTcx<clean::Union> for Union {
-    fn from_tcx(struct_: clean::Union, tcx: TyCtxt<'_>) -> Self {
-        let clean::Union { generics, fields, fields_stripped } = struct_;
+    fn from_tcx(union_: clean::Union, tcx: TyCtxt<'_>) -> Self {
+        let fields_stripped = union_.has_stripped_entries();
+        let clean::Union { generics, fields } = union_;
         Union {
             generics: generics.into_tcx(tcx),
             fields_stripped,
@@ -586,7 +588,8 @@ pub(crate) fn from_function_method(
 
 impl FromWithTcx<clean::Enum> for Enum {
     fn from_tcx(enum_: clean::Enum, tcx: TyCtxt<'_>) -> Self {
-        let clean::Enum { variants, generics, variants_stripped } = enum_;
+        let variants_stripped = enum_.has_stripped_entries();
+        let clean::Enum { variants, generics } = enum_;
         Enum {
             generics: generics.into_tcx(tcx),
             variants_stripped,
@@ -598,7 +601,8 @@ impl FromWithTcx<clean::Enum> for Enum {
 
 impl FromWithTcx<clean::VariantStruct> for Struct {
     fn from_tcx(struct_: clean::VariantStruct, _tcx: TyCtxt<'_>) -> Self {
-        let clean::VariantStruct { struct_type, fields, fields_stripped } = struct_;
+        let fields_stripped = struct_.has_stripped_entries();
+        let clean::VariantStruct { struct_type, fields } = struct_;
         Struct {
             struct_type: from_ctor_kind(struct_type),
             generics: Default::default(),
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/passes/strip_hidden.rs b/src/librustdoc/passes/strip_hidden.rs
index ab5526e0612b7..533e2ce46ddd8 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/passes/strip_hidden.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/passes/strip_hidden.rs
@@ -38,9 +38,16 @@ impl<'a> DocFolder for Stripper<'a> {
     fn fold_item(&mut self, i: Item) -> Option<Item> {
         if i.attrs.lists(sym::doc).has_word(sym::hidden) {
             debug!("strip_hidden: stripping {:?} {:?}", i.type_(), i.name);
-            // use a dedicated hidden item for given item type if any
+            // Use a dedicated hidden item for fields, variants, and modules.
+            // We need to keep private fields and variants, so that the docs
+            // can show a placeholder "// some variants omitted". We need to keep
+            // private modules, because they can contain impl blocks, and impl
+            // block privacy is inherited from the type and trait, not from the
+            // module it's defined in. Both of these are marked "stripped," and
+            // not included in the final docs, but since they still have an effect
+            // on the final doc, cannot be completely removed from the Clean IR.
             match *i.kind {
-                clean::StructFieldItem(..) | clean::ModuleItem(..) => {
+                clean::StructFieldItem(..) | clean::ModuleItem(..) | clean::VariantItem(..) => {
                     // We need to recurse into stripped modules to
                     // strip things like impl methods but when doing so
                     // we must not add any items to the `retained` set.
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc/strip-enum-variant.no-not-shown.html b/src/test/rustdoc/strip-enum-variant.no-not-shown.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c4ee1a9911436
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc/strip-enum-variant.no-not-shown.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<ul><li><a href="#variant.Shown">Shown</a></li></ul>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc/strip-enum-variant.rs b/src/test/rustdoc/strip-enum-variant.rs
index 12e576100710a..f82ffdfeda58f 100644
--- a/src/test/rustdoc/strip-enum-variant.rs
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc/strip-enum-variant.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 // @has - '//code' 'Shown'
 // @!has - '//code' 'NotShown'
 // @has - '//code' '// some variants omitted'
+// Also check that `NotShown` isn't displayed in the sidebar.
+// @snapshot no-not-shown - '//*[@class="sidebar-elems"]/section/*[@class="block"][1]/ul'
 pub enum MyThing {
     Shown,
     #[doc(hidden)]