diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/testing/sanity/docs-build.rst b/docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/testing/sanity/docs-build.rst
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+Sanity Tests » docs-build
+=========================
+
+Verifies that ``make singlehtmldocs`` in ``docs/docsite/`` completes without errors.
diff --git a/test/sanity/code-smell/docs-build.json b/test/sanity/code-smell/docs-build.json
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+{
+    "always": true,
+    "output": "path-line-column-message"
+}
diff --git a/test/sanity/code-smell/docs-build.py b/test/sanity/code-smell/docs-build.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import os
+import re
+import subprocess
+
+
+def main():
+    base_dir = os.getcwd() + os.sep
+    docs_dir = os.path.abspath('docs/docsite')
+    cmd = ['make', 'singlehtmldocs']
+
+    sphinx = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, cwd=docs_dir)
+    stdout, stderr = sphinx.communicate()
+
+    if sphinx.returncode != 0:
+        raise subprocess.CalledProcessError(sphinx.returncode, cmd, output=stdout, stderr=stderr)
+
+    with open('docs/docsite/rst_warnings', 'r') as warnings_fd:
+        output = warnings_fd.read().strip()
+        lines = output.splitlines()
+
+    for line in lines:
+        match = re.search('^(?P<path>[^:]+):((?P<line>[0-9]+):)?((?P<column>[0-9]+):)? (?P<level>WARNING|ERROR): (?P<message>.*)$', line)
+
+        if not match:
+            path = 'docs/docsite/rst/index.rst'
+            lineno = 0
+            column = 0
+            level = 'unknown'
+            message = line
+
+            # surface unknown lines while filtering out known lines to avoid excessive output
+            print('%s:%d:%d: %s: %s' % (path, lineno, column, level, message))
+            continue
+
+        path = match.group('path')
+        lineno = int(match.group('line') or 0)
+        column = int(match.group('column') or 0)
+        level = match.group('level').lower()
+        message = match.group('message')
+
+        path = os.path.abspath(path)
+
+        if path.startswith(base_dir):
+            path = path[len(base_dir):]
+
+        if level == 'warning':
+            continue
+
+        print('%s:%d:%d: %s: %s' % (path, lineno, column, level, message))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()