diff --git a/crates/rust-analyzer/src/config.rs b/crates/rust-analyzer/src/config.rs
index b51234c1532..0d6b1bcbfb0 100644
--- a/crates/rust-analyzer/src/config.rs
+++ b/crates/rust-analyzer/src/config.rs
@@ -263,12 +263,13 @@ config_data! {
         runnables_cargoExtraArgs: Vec<String>   = "[]",
 
         /// Path to the Cargo.toml of the rust compiler workspace, for usage in rustc_private
-        /// projects, or "discover" to try to automatically find it.
+        /// projects, or "discover" to try to automatically find it if the `rustc-dev` component
+        /// is installed.
         ///
         /// Any project which uses rust-analyzer with the rustcPrivate
         /// crates must set `[package.metadata.rust-analyzer] rustc_private=true` to use it.
         ///
-        /// This option is not reloaded automatically; you must restart rust-analyzer for it to take effect.
+        /// This option does not take effect until rust-analyzer is restarted.
         rustcSource: Option<String> = "null",
 
         /// Additional arguments to `rustfmt`.
diff --git a/docs/user/generated_config.adoc b/docs/user/generated_config.adoc
index 7955bcfba90..9a00a0eb661 100644
--- a/docs/user/generated_config.adoc
+++ b/docs/user/generated_config.adoc
@@ -420,12 +420,13 @@ tests or binaries. For example, it may be `--release`.
 +
 --
 Path to the Cargo.toml of the rust compiler workspace, for usage in rustc_private
-projects, or "discover" to try to automatically find it.
+projects, or "discover" to try to automatically find it if the `rustc-dev` component
+is installed.
 
 Any project which uses rust-analyzer with the rustcPrivate
 crates must set `[package.metadata.rust-analyzer] rustc_private=true` to use it.
 
-This option is not reloaded automatically; you must restart rust-analyzer for it to take effect.
+This option does not take effect until rust-analyzer is restarted.
 --
 [[rust-analyzer.rustfmt.extraArgs]]rust-analyzer.rustfmt.extraArgs (default: `[]`)::
 +
diff --git a/editors/code/package.json b/editors/code/package.json
index b62060c3989..5dcdcb27695 100644
--- a/editors/code/package.json
+++ b/editors/code/package.json
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@
                     }
                 },
                 "rust-analyzer.rustcSource": {
-                    "markdownDescription": "Path to the Cargo.toml of the rust compiler workspace, for usage in rustc_private\nprojects, or \"discover\" to try to automatically find it.\n\nAny project which uses rust-analyzer with the rustcPrivate\ncrates must set `[package.metadata.rust-analyzer] rustc_private=true` to use it.\n\nThis option is not reloaded automatically; you must restart rust-analyzer for it to take effect.",
+                    "markdownDescription": "Path to the Cargo.toml of the rust compiler workspace, for usage in rustc_private\nprojects, or \"discover\" to try to automatically find it if the `rustc-dev` component\nis installed.\n\nAny project which uses rust-analyzer with the rustcPrivate\ncrates must set `[package.metadata.rust-analyzer] rustc_private=true` to use it.\n\nThis option does not take effect until rust-analyzer is restarted.",
                     "default": null,
                     "type": [
                         "null",