diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index a3e23b10ae97..a325a0c890dc 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -328,6 +328,15 @@ while ($ARGV[0] =~ m/^-(.*)/) {
     }
 }
 
+# get kernel version from env
+sub get_kernel_version() {
+    my $version;
+
+    if (defined($ENV{'KERNELVERSION'})) {
+	$version = $ENV{'KERNELVERSION'};
+    }
+    return $version;
+}
 
 # generate a sequence of code that will splice in highlighting information
 # using the s// operator.
@@ -601,6 +610,7 @@ sub output_function_xml(%) {
     print "<refmeta>\n";
     print " <refentrytitle><phrase>".$args{'function'}."</phrase></refentrytitle>\n";
     print " <manvolnum>9</manvolnum>\n";
+    print " <refmiscinfo class=\"version\">" . get_kernel_version() . "</refmiscinfo>\n";
     print "</refmeta>\n";
     print "<refnamediv>\n";
     print " <refname>".$args{'function'}."</refname>\n";
@@ -677,6 +687,7 @@ sub output_struct_xml(%) {
     print "<refmeta>\n";
     print " <refentrytitle><phrase>".$args{'type'}." ".$args{'struct'}."</phrase></refentrytitle>\n";
     print " <manvolnum>9</manvolnum>\n";
+    print " <refmiscinfo class=\"version\">" . get_kernel_version() . "</refmiscinfo>\n";
     print "</refmeta>\n";
     print "<refnamediv>\n";
     print " <refname>".$args{'type'}." ".$args{'struct'}."</refname>\n";
@@ -761,6 +772,7 @@ sub output_enum_xml(%) {
     print "<refmeta>\n";
     print " <refentrytitle><phrase>enum ".$args{'enum'}."</phrase></refentrytitle>\n";
     print " <manvolnum>9</manvolnum>\n";
+    print " <refmiscinfo class=\"version\">" . get_kernel_version() . "</refmiscinfo>\n";
     print "</refmeta>\n";
     print "<refnamediv>\n";
     print " <refname>enum ".$args{'enum'}."</refname>\n";