diff --git a/Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst b/Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst
index 89bbfde8c96c..5ea8c8914942 100644
--- a/Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst
+++ b/Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst
@@ -113,20 +113,15 @@ Install it via (note that this will download and build the tool from source)::
 
 	cargo install --locked --version $(scripts/min-tool-version.sh bindgen) bindgen-cli
 
-``bindgen`` needs to find a suitable ``libclang`` in order to work. If it is
-not found (or a different ``libclang`` than the one found should be used),
-the process can be tweaked using the environment variables understood by
-``clang-sys`` (the Rust bindings crate that ``bindgen`` uses to access
-``libclang``):
+``bindgen`` uses the ``clang-sys`` crate to find a suitable ``libclang`` (which
+may be linked statically, dynamically or loaded at runtime). By default, the
+``cargo`` command above will produce a ``bindgen`` binary that will load
+``libclang`` at runtime. If it is not found (or a different ``libclang`` than
+the one found should be used), the process can be tweaked, e.g. by using the
+``LIBCLANG_PATH`` environment variable. For details, please see ``clang-sys``'s
+documentation at:
 
-* ``LLVM_CONFIG_PATH`` can be pointed to an ``llvm-config`` executable.
-
-* Or ``LIBCLANG_PATH`` can be pointed to a ``libclang`` shared library
-  or to the directory containing it.
-
-* Or ``CLANG_PATH`` can be pointed to a ``clang`` executable.
-
-For details, please see ``clang-sys``'s documentation at:
+	https://github.com/KyleMayes/clang-sys#linking
 
 	https://github.com/KyleMayes/clang-sys#environment-variables
 
diff --git a/scripts/rust_is_available_test.py b/scripts/rust_is_available_test.py
index a255f79aafc2..0481aab862ec 100755
--- a/scripts/rust_is_available_test.py
+++ b/scripts/rust_is_available_test.py
@@ -55,10 +55,15 @@ else:
 
     @classmethod
     def generate_bindgen(cls, version_stdout, libclang_stderr):
+        if libclang_stderr is None:
+            libclang_case = f"raise SystemExit({cls.bindgen_default_bindgen_libclang_failure_exit_code})"
+        else:
+            libclang_case = f"print({repr(libclang_stderr)}, file=sys.stderr)"
+
         return cls.generate_executable(f"""#!/usr/bin/env python3
 import sys
 if "rust_is_available_bindgen_libclang.h" in " ".join(sys.argv):
-    print({repr(libclang_stderr)}, file=sys.stderr)
+    {libclang_case}
 else:
     print({repr(version_stdout)})
 """)
@@ -67,6 +72,10 @@ else:
     def generate_bindgen_version(cls, stdout):
         return cls.generate_bindgen(stdout, cls.bindgen_default_bindgen_libclang_stderr)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def generate_bindgen_libclang_failure(cls):
+        return cls.generate_bindgen(cls.bindgen_default_bindgen_version_stdout, None)
+
     @classmethod
     def generate_bindgen_libclang(cls, stderr):
         return cls.generate_bindgen(cls.bindgen_default_bindgen_version_stdout, stderr)
@@ -89,6 +98,7 @@ else:
         cls.rust_default_sysroot = subprocess.check_output(("rustc", "--print", "sysroot")).decode().strip()
 
         cls.bindgen_default_bindgen_version_stdout = f"bindgen {cls.bindgen_default_version}"
+        cls.bindgen_default_bindgen_libclang_failure_exit_code = 42
         cls.bindgen_default_bindgen_libclang_stderr = f"scripts/rust_is_available_bindgen_libclang.h:2:9: warning: clang version {cls.llvm_default_version} [-W#pragma-messages], err: false"
 
         cls.default_rustc = cls.generate_rustc(f"rustc {cls.rustc_default_version}")
@@ -227,15 +237,10 @@ else:
         self.assertIn(f"Rust bindings generator '{bindgen}' is too new. This may or may not work.", result.stderr)
 
     def test_bindgen_libclang_failure(self):
-        for env in (
-            { "LLVM_CONFIG_PATH": self.missing },
-            { "LIBCLANG_PATH": self.missing },
-            { "CLANG_PATH": self.missing },
-        ):
-            with self.subTest(env=env):
-                result = self.run_script(self.Expected.FAILURE, env | { "PATH": os.environ["PATH"], "BINDGEN": "bindgen" })
-                self.assertIn("Running 'bindgen' to check the libclang version (used by the Rust", result.stderr)
-                self.assertIn("bindings generator) failed with code ", result.stderr)
+        bindgen = self.generate_bindgen_libclang_failure()
+        result = self.run_script(self.Expected.FAILURE, { "BINDGEN": bindgen })
+        self.assertIn(f"Running '{bindgen}' to check the libclang version (used by the Rust", result.stderr)
+        self.assertIn(f"bindings generator) failed with code {self.bindgen_default_bindgen_libclang_failure_exit_code}. This may be caused by", result.stderr)
 
     def test_bindgen_libclang_unexpected_version(self):
         bindgen = self.generate_bindgen_libclang("scripts/rust_is_available_bindgen_libclang.h:2:9: warning: clang version unexpected [-W#pragma-messages], err: false")