diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
index c9f40a1adae32..c030f02f12334 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
@@ -1721,7 +1721,7 @@ impl<'tcx> Clean<Type> for ty::Ty<'tcx> {
                     where_predicates: Vec::new()
                 },
                 decl: (cx.map.local_def_id(0), &fty.sig).clean(cx),
-                abi: fty.abi.to_string(),
+                abi: fty.abi,
             }),
             ty::TyStruct(def, substs) |
             ty::TyEnum(def, substs) => {
@@ -2143,7 +2143,7 @@ pub struct BareFunctionDecl {
     pub unsafety: hir::Unsafety,
     pub generics: Generics,
     pub decl: FnDecl,
-    pub abi: String,
+    pub abi: Abi,
 }
 
 impl Clean<BareFunctionDecl> for hir::BareFnTy {
@@ -2156,7 +2156,7 @@ impl Clean<BareFunctionDecl> for hir::BareFnTy {
                 where_predicates: Vec::new()
             },
             decl: self.decl.clean(cx),
-            abi: self.abi.to_string(),
+            abi: self.abi,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs
index d4212bba59060..a64df41f2865c 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs
@@ -451,11 +451,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for clean::Type {
             clean::BareFunction(ref decl) => {
                 write!(f, "{}{}fn{}{}",
                        UnsafetySpace(decl.unsafety),
-                       match &*decl.abi {
-                           "" => " extern ".to_string(),
-                           "\"Rust\"" => "".to_string(),
-                           s => format!(" extern {} ", s)
-                       },
+                       AbiSpace(decl.abi),
                        decl.generics,
                        decl.decl)
             }
@@ -771,7 +767,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for AbiSpace {
         match self.0 {
             Abi::Rust => Ok(()),
             Abi::C => write!(f, "extern "),
-            abi => write!(f, "extern {} ", abi),
+            abi => write!(f, "extern &quot;{}&quot; ", abi.name()),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
index c08d917589d3c..f41c81f20edf9 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
@@ -2129,8 +2129,6 @@ fn render_assoc_item(w: &mut fmt::Formatter,
               d: &clean::FnDecl,
               link: AssocItemLink)
               -> fmt::Result {
-        use syntax::abi::Abi;
-
         let name = meth.name.as_ref().unwrap();
         let anchor = format!("#{}.{}", shortty(meth), name);
         let href = match link {
@@ -2157,10 +2155,7 @@ fn render_assoc_item(w: &mut fmt::Formatter,
                    {generics}{decl}{where_clause}",
                ConstnessSpace(vis_constness),
                UnsafetySpace(unsafety),
-               match abi {
-                   Abi::Rust => String::new(),
-                   a => format!("extern {} ", a.to_string())
-               },
+               AbiSpace(abi),
                href = href,
                name = name,
                generics = *g,
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc/extern-impl.rs b/src/test/rustdoc/extern-impl.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0e78746704fb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc/extern-impl.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// Copyright 2016 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+#![crate_name = "foo"]
+
+// @has foo/struct.Foo.html
+pub struct Foo;
+
+impl Foo {
+    // @has - '//code' 'fn rust0()'
+    pub fn rust0() {}
+    // @has - '//code' 'fn rust1()'
+    pub extern "Rust" fn rust1() {}
+    // @has - '//code' 'extern fn c0()'
+    pub extern fn c0() {}
+    // @has - '//code' 'extern fn c1()'
+    pub extern "C" fn c1() {}
+    // @has - '//code' 'extern "system" fn system0()'
+    pub extern "system" fn system0() {}
+}
+
+// @has foo/trait.Bar.html
+pub trait Bar {}
+
+// @has - '//code' 'impl Bar for fn()'
+impl Bar for fn() {}
+// @has - '//code' 'impl Bar for extern fn()'
+impl Bar for extern fn() {}
+// @has - '//code' 'impl Bar for extern "system" fn()'
+impl Bar for extern "system" fn() {}