diff --git a/.cargo/config b/.cargo/config
index cca906b5..0fb556e7 100644
--- a/.cargo/config
+++ b/.cargo/config
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [build]
 rustflags = ["-C", "target-cpu=native"]
+rustdocflags = ["-C", "target-cpu=native"]
 
 [target.wasm32-unknown-unknown]
 rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=+simd128"]
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index e0a892aa..57416625 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -225,7 +225,8 @@ use simdutf8::basic::imp::x86::sse42::ChunkedUtf8ValidatorImp;
         target_feature = "simd128"
     ))
 ))]
-fn please_compile_with_a_simd_compatible_cpu_setting_read_the_simdjsonrs_readme() -> ! {}
+const _: () =
+    compile_error!("Please compile with a simd compatible cpu setting, read the simdjson README.");
 
 mod stage2;
 /// simd-json JSON-DOM value