diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/rustdoc.css b/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/rustdoc.css
index 0cd15768ac6e8..619bdeb011ecd 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/rustdoc.css
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/rustdoc.css
@@ -631,22 +631,16 @@ pre, .rustdoc.source .example-wrap {
 
 .docblock table {
 	margin: .5em 0;
-	width: calc(100% - 2px);
-	overflow-x: auto;
-	display: block;
 	border-collapse: collapse;
 }
 
-.docblock table td {
+.docblock table td, .docblock table th {
 	padding: .5em;
-	border: 1px dashed var(--border-color);
-	vertical-align: top;
+	border: 1px solid var(--border-color);
 }
 
-.docblock table th {
-	padding: .5em;
-	text-align: left;
-	border: 1px solid var(--border-color);
+.docblock table tbody tr:nth-child(2n) {
+	background: var(--table-alt-row-background-color);
 }
 
 /* Shift "where ..." part of method or fn definition down a line */
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/themes/ayu.css b/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/themes/ayu.css
index 6e0905e730d08..0436fe0138edc 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/themes/ayu.css
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/themes/ayu.css
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ Original by Dempfi (https://github.com/dempfi/ayu)
 	--crate-search-hover-border: #e0e0e0;
 	--source-sidebar-background-selected: #14191f;
 	--source-sidebar-background-hover: #14191f;
+	--table-alt-row-background-color: #191f26;
 }
 
 h1, h2, h3, h4 {
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/themes/dark.css b/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/themes/dark.css
index 334fc3de5616d..d945e956c533e 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/themes/dark.css
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/themes/dark.css
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
 	--crate-search-hover-border: #2196f3;
 	--source-sidebar-background-selected: #333;
 	--source-sidebar-background-hover: #444;
+	--table-alt-row-background-color: #2A2A2A;
 }
 
 .content .item-info::before { color: #ccc; }
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/themes/light.css b/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/themes/light.css
index 453e7508af4ba..58955a79316af 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/themes/light.css
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/themes/light.css
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
 	--crate-search-hover-border: #717171;
 	--source-sidebar-background-selected: #fff;
 	--source-sidebar-background-hover: #e0e0e0;
+	--table-alt-row-background-color: #F5F5F5;
 }
 
 .content .item-info::before { color: #ccc; }
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc-gui/docblock-table.goml b/src/test/rustdoc-gui/docblock-table.goml
index 4e316ce0bcbfd..8645c1b1949e3 100644
--- a/src/test/rustdoc-gui/docblock-table.goml
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc-gui/docblock-table.goml
@@ -2,3 +2,50 @@ goto: "file://" + |DOC_PATH| + "/test_docs/doc_block_table/struct.DocBlockTable.
 
 compare-elements-css: (".impl-items .docblock table th", ".top-doc .docblock table th", ["border"])
 compare-elements-css: (".impl-items .docblock table td", ".top-doc .docblock table td", ["border"])
+
+define-function: (
+    "check-colors",
+    (theme, border_color, zebra_stripe_color),
+    [
+        ("local-storage", {"rustdoc-use-system-theme": "false", "rustdoc-theme": |theme|}),
+        ("reload"),
+        ("assert-css", (".top-doc .docblock table tbody tr:nth-child(1)", {
+            "background-color": "rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)",
+        })),
+        ("assert-css", (".top-doc .docblock table tbody tr:nth-child(2)", {
+            "background-color": |zebra_stripe_color|,
+        })),
+        ("assert-css", (".top-doc .docblock table tbody tr:nth-child(3)", {
+            "background-color": "rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)",
+        })),
+        ("assert-css", (".top-doc .docblock table tbody tr:nth-child(4)", {
+            "background-color": |zebra_stripe_color|,
+        })),
+        ("assert-css", (".top-doc .docblock table td", {
+            "border-style": "solid",
+            "border-width": "1px",
+            "border-color": |border_color|,
+        })),
+        ("assert-css", (".top-doc .docblock table th", {
+            "border-style": "solid",
+            "border-width": "1px",
+            "border-color": |border_color|,
+        })),
+    ]
+)
+
+call-function: ("check-colors", {
+    "theme": "dark",
+    "border_color": "rgb(224, 224, 224)",
+    "zebra_stripe_color": "rgb(42, 42, 42)",
+})
+call-function: ("check-colors", {
+    "theme": "ayu",
+    "border_color": "rgb(92, 103, 115)",
+    "zebra_stripe_color": "rgb(25, 31, 38)",
+})
+call-function: ("check-colors", {
+    "theme": "light",
+    "border_color": "rgb(224, 224, 224)",
+    "zebra_stripe_color": "rgb(245, 245, 245)",
+})
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc-gui/src/test_docs/lib.rs b/src/test/rustdoc-gui/src/test_docs/lib.rs
index 1340511d4726b..d6eeab803dfec 100644
--- a/src/test/rustdoc-gui/src/test_docs/lib.rs
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc-gui/src/test_docs/lib.rs
@@ -343,6 +343,9 @@ pub mod doc_block_table {
     /// | header1                  | header2                  |
     /// |--------------------------|--------------------------|
     /// | Lorem Ipsum, Lorem Ipsum | Lorem Ipsum, Lorem Ipsum |
+    /// | Lorem Ipsum, Lorem Ipsum | Lorem Ipsum, Lorem Ipsum |
+    /// | Lorem Ipsum, Lorem Ipsum | Lorem Ipsum, Lorem Ipsum |
+    /// | Lorem Ipsum, Lorem Ipsum | Lorem Ipsum, Lorem Ipsum |
     pub struct DocBlockTable {}
 
     impl DocBlockTableTrait for DocBlockTable {