diff --git a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/base/openbsd.rs b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/base/openbsd.rs
index 84395a407895a..957e1020faa94 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/base/openbsd.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/base/openbsd.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-use crate::spec::{FramePointer, Os, RelroLevel, TargetOptions, TlsModel, cvs};
+use crate::spec::{Env, FramePointer, Os, RelroLevel, TargetOptions, TlsModel, cvs};
 
 pub(crate) fn opts() -> TargetOptions {
     TargetOptions {
         os: Os::OpenBsd,
+        env: Env::OpenBsdCurrent,
         dynamic_linking: true,
         families: cvs!["unix"],
         has_rpath: true,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/mod.rs
index 1f17173953643..4fe8d068ed080 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/mod.rs
@@ -2045,6 +2045,7 @@ crate::target_spec_enum! {
         Nto71 = "nto71",
         Nto71IoSock = "nto71_iosock",
         Ohos = "ohos",
+        OpenBsdCurrent = "openbsd8.0",
         Relibc = "relibc",
         Sgx = "sgx",
         Sim = "sim",
diff --git a/src/doc/rustc/src/platform-support/openbsd.md b/src/doc/rustc/src/platform-support/openbsd.md
index e6fb23ca9eefd..fd53509598675 100644
--- a/src/doc/rustc/src/platform-support/openbsd.md
+++ b/src/doc/rustc/src/platform-support/openbsd.md
@@ -19,6 +19,18 @@ The target names follow this format: `$ARCH-unknown-openbsd`, where `$ARCH` spec
 
 Note that all OS versions are *major* even if using X.Y notation (`6.8` and `6.9` are different major versions) and could be binary incompatibles (with breaking changes).
 
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> These targets, if supported by the next OpenBSD `-current` release
+> channel, need to update the `rustc_target::spec::Env` type under
+> `compiler/` in the `rust-lang/rust` repository whenever a new
+> OpenBSD version is released.
+>
+> That should reflect the `-current` release channel, which is always
+> one version above the latest `-release` channel version.
+>
+> One must also update the `src/librustdoc/clean.rs` file with the
+> relevant formatted string providing a public view of this
+> `target_env` value.
 
 ## Target Maintainers
 
@@ -30,7 +42,6 @@ Further contacts:
 
 Fallback to ports@openbsd.org, OpenBSD third parties public mailing-list (with openbsd developers readers)
 
-
 ## Requirements
 
 These targets are natively compiled and could be cross-compiled.
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/cfg.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/cfg.rs
index 04dd0eaf22899..c32e3890fdda3 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/cfg.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/cfg.rs
@@ -723,6 +723,7 @@ fn human_readable_target_env(env: Symbol) -> Option<&'static str> {
         Nto71 => "QNX SDP 7.1",
         Nto71IoSock => "QNX SDP 7.1 with io-sock",
         Ohos => "OpenHarmony",
+        OpenBsdCurrent => "OpenBSD -current (8.0)",
         P1 => "WASIp1",
         P2 => "WASIp2",
         P3 => "WASIp3",
diff --git a/tests/ui/check-cfg/well-known-values.stderr b/tests/ui/check-cfg/well-known-values.stderr
index 693833decc971..adcd9814e5a1f 100644
--- a/tests/ui/check-cfg/well-known-values.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/check-cfg/well-known-values.stderr
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ warning: unexpected `cfg` condition value: `_UNEXPECTED_VALUE`
 LL |     target_env = "_UNEXPECTED_VALUE",
    |     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    |
-   = note: expected values for `target_env` are: ``, `gnu`, `macabi`, `mlibc`, `msvc`, `musl`, `newlib`, `nto70`, `nto71`, `nto71_iosock`, `ohos`, `p1`, `p2`, `p3`, `relibc`, `sgx`, `sim`, `uclibc`, and `v5`
+   = note: expected values for `target_env` are: ``, `gnu`, `macabi`, `mlibc`, `msvc`, `musl`, `newlib`, `nto70`, `nto71`, `nto71_iosock`, `ohos`, `openbsd7.9`, `p1`, `p2`, `p3`, `relibc`, `sgx`, `sim`, `uclibc`, and `v5`
    = note: see <https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/rustc/check-cfg.html> for more information about checking conditional configuration
 
 warning: unexpected `cfg` condition value: `_UNEXPECTED_VALUE`