diff --git a/crates/bin/docs_rs_web/src/error.rs b/crates/bin/docs_rs_web/src/error.rs
index 080bb3e5e..bf67bf714 100644
--- a/crates/bin/docs_rs_web/src/error.rs
+++ b/crates/bin/docs_rs_web/src/error.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ use docs_rs_uri::EscapedURI;
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use tracing::error;
 
+/// A single navigation link offered on an error page to help the user recover.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+pub(crate) struct RecoveryLink {
+    /// The user-visible link text.
+    pub label: Cow<'static, str>,
+    /// The link target.
+    pub href: EscapedURI,
+}
+
 #[derive(Template)]
 #[template(path = "error.html")]
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
@@ -26,6 +35,8 @@ pub(crate) struct AxumErrorPage {
     /// The error message, displayed as a description
     pub message: Cow<'static, str>,
     pub status: StatusCode,
+    /// Optional navigation links to help the user recover. Empty for most errors.
+    pub recovery: Vec<RecoveryLink>,
 }
 
 impl_axum_webpage! {
@@ -38,6 +49,20 @@ impl_axum_webpage! {
 pub enum AxumNope {
     #[error("Requested resource not found")]
     ResourceNotFound,
+    /// A specific doc page/file was not found, but its crate and version *do*
+    /// exist and have docs. Renders a 404 that acknowledges the crate/version
+    /// and offers recovery links (issue #2568).
+    #[error("Requested resource not found in an existing crate version")]
+    ResourceNotFoundInVersion {
+        name: String,
+        version: String,
+        /// Whether the request used the `/latest/` alias (vs. a pinned version).
+        is_latest_url: bool,
+        /// Root of the docs for the requested version.
+        version_root_url: EscapedURI,
+        /// The crate details page for the requested version.
+        crate_details_url: EscapedURI,
+    },
     #[error("Requested build not found")]
     BuildNotFound,
     #[error("Requested crate not found")]
@@ -76,6 +101,32 @@ impl AxumNope {
                     status: StatusCode::NOT_FOUND,
                 }
             }
+            AxumNope::ResourceNotFoundInVersion {
+                name,
+                version,
+                is_latest_url,
+                ..
+            } => {
+                // The crate & version exist and have docs, but this specific
+                // page within them does not (e.g. a module removed/renamed in a
+                // new release reached via `/latest/`). Acknowledge the version
+                // and offer recovery links instead of a bare 404 (issue #2568).
+                // The recovery links themselves are built in `recovery_links`.
+                let existing = if is_latest_url {
+                    format!("The latest version of `{name}` ({version})")
+                } else {
+                    format!("Version {version} of `{name}`")
+                };
+                ErrorInfo {
+                    title: "This page does not exist",
+                    message: format!(
+                        "{existing} exists, but this page inside it could not be found. \
+                         It may have been moved or removed."
+                    )
+                    .into(),
+                    status: StatusCode::NOT_FOUND,
+                }
+            }
             AxumNope::BuildNotFound => ErrorInfo {
                 title: "The requested build does not exist",
                 message: "no such build".into(),
@@ -137,6 +188,29 @@ impl AxumNope {
             AxumNope::Redirect(_target, _cache_policy) => unreachable!(),
         }
     }
+
+    /// Navigation links offered on the error page to help the user recover.
+    /// Empty for every error except the contextual missing-page 404 (#2568).
+    fn recovery_links(&self) -> Vec<RecoveryLink> {
+        match self {
+            AxumNope::ResourceNotFoundInVersion {
+                name,
+                version_root_url,
+                crate_details_url,
+                ..
+            } => vec![
+                RecoveryLink {
+                    label: "Documentation home for this version".into(),
+                    href: version_root_url.clone(),
+                },
+                RecoveryLink {
+                    label: format!("All versions of {name}").into(),
+                    href: crate_details_url.clone(),
+                },
+            ],
+            _ => Vec::new(),
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 struct ErrorInfo {
@@ -169,6 +243,7 @@ impl IntoResponse for AxumNope {
             }
             AxumNope::Redirect(target, cache_policy) => redirect_with_policy(target, cache_policy),
             _ => {
+                let recovery = self.recovery_links();
                 let ErrorInfo {
                     title,
                     message,
@@ -178,6 +253,7 @@ impl IntoResponse for AxumNope {
                     title,
                     message,
                     status,
+                    recovery,
                 }
                 .into_response()
             }
@@ -192,25 +268,38 @@ impl IntoResponse for JsonAxumNope {
     fn into_response(self) -> AxumResponse {
         match self.0 {
             AxumNope::NoResults => {
-                // user did a search with no search terms; invalid,
-                // return 404
+                // User searched without providing search terms.
                 StatusCode::NOT_FOUND.into_response()
             }
             AxumNope::Redirect(target, cache_policy) => redirect_with_policy(target, cache_policy),
             _ => {
+                let recovery = self.0.recovery_links();
                 let ErrorInfo {
                     title,
                     message,
                     status,
                 } = self.0.into_error_info();
-                (
-                    status,
-                    Json(serde_json::json!({
-                        "title": title,
-                        "message": message,
-                    })),
-                )
-                    .into_response()
+
+                let mut body = serde_json::json!({
+                    "title": title,
+                    "message": message,
+                });
+
+                if !recovery.is_empty() {
+                    let links: Vec<_> = recovery
+                        .iter()
+                        .map(|link| {
+                            serde_json::json!({
+                                "label": link.label,
+                                "href": link.href,
+                            })
+                        })
+                        .collect();
+
+                    body["links"] = serde_json::json!(links);
+                }
+
+                (status, Json(body)).into_response()
             }
         }
     }
@@ -245,7 +334,7 @@ pub(crate) type JsonAxumResult<T> = Result<T, JsonAxumNope>;
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use super::{AxumNope, EscapedURI, IntoResponse};
+    use super::{AxumNope, EscapedURI, IntoResponse, JsonAxumNope};
     use crate::cache::CachePolicy;
     use crate::testing::{
         AxumResponseTestExt, AxumRouterTestExt, TestEnvironmentExt as _, async_wrapper,
@@ -387,4 +476,132 @@ mod tests {
             Ok(())
         });
     }
+
+    /// Helper: hrefs of the recovery links rendered on an error page.
+    fn recovery_hrefs(html: &str) -> Vec<String> {
+        kuchikiki::parse_html()
+            .one(html)
+            .select("#recovery-links a")
+            .unwrap()
+            .map(|a| {
+                a.attributes
+                    .borrow()
+                    .get("href")
+                    .unwrap_or_default()
+                    .to_string()
+            })
+            .collect()
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn check_404_missing_child_latest_offers_recovery_links() {
+        async_wrapper(|env| async move {
+            env.fake_release()
+                .await
+                .name("dummy")
+                .version("0.1.0")
+                .rustdoc_file("dummy/index.html")
+                .create()
+                .await?;
+
+            let response = env
+                .web_app()
+                .await
+                .get("/dummy/latest/dummy/removed_module/index.html")
+                .await?;
+            assert_eq!(response.status(), 404);
+
+            let body = response.text().await?;
+            let page = kuchikiki::parse_html().one(body.as_str());
+            assert_eq!(
+                page.select("#crate-title")
+                    .unwrap()
+                    .next()
+                    .unwrap()
+                    .text_contents(),
+                "This page does not exist",
+            );
+
+            // Two recovery links, preserving the `/latest/` alias.
+            let hrefs = recovery_hrefs(&body);
+            assert_eq!(hrefs.len(), 2);
+            assert!(hrefs.iter().any(|h| h == "/dummy/latest/dummy/"));
+            assert!(hrefs.iter().any(|h| h == "/crate/dummy/latest"));
+
+            Ok(())
+        });
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn check_404_missing_child_pinned_keeps_pinned_version() {
+        async_wrapper(|env| async move {
+            env.fake_release()
+                .await
+                .name("dummy")
+                .version("0.1.0")
+                .rustdoc_file("dummy/index.html")
+                .create()
+                .await?;
+
+            let response = env
+                .web_app()
+                .await
+                .get("/dummy/0.1.0/dummy/removed_module/index.html")
+                .await?;
+            assert_eq!(response.status(), 404);
+
+            let body = response.text().await?;
+            let hrefs = recovery_hrefs(&body);
+            assert_eq!(hrefs.len(), 2);
+            assert!(hrefs.iter().any(|h| h == "/dummy/0.1.0/dummy/"));
+            assert!(hrefs.iter().any(|h| h == "/crate/dummy/0.1.0"));
+            // Pinned requests must not be rewritten to `latest`.
+            assert!(hrefs.iter().all(|h| !h.contains("latest")));
+
+            Ok(())
+        });
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn check_404_generic_resource_has_no_recovery_links() {
+        async_wrapper(|env| async move {
+            // A resource outside any existing crate keeps the plain 404 with no
+            // recovery links (regression: other error types are unaffected).
+            let body = env
+                .web_app()
+                .await
+                .get("/resource-which-doesnt-exist.js")
+                .await?
+                .text()
+                .await?;
+            let page = kuchikiki::parse_html().one(body.as_str());
+            assert_eq!(page.select("#recovery-links").unwrap().count(), 0);
+
+            Ok(())
+        });
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn json_error_body_includes_recovery_links() {
+        async_wrapper(|_env| async move {
+            let response = JsonAxumNope(AxumNope::ResourceNotFoundInVersion {
+                name: "dummy".into(),
+                version: "0.1.0".into(),
+                is_latest_url: true,
+                version_root_url: EscapedURI::from_path("/dummy/latest/dummy/"),
+                crate_details_url: EscapedURI::from_path("/crate/dummy/latest"),
+            })
+            .into_response();
+
+            assert_eq!(response.status(), 404);
+
+            let body: serde_json::Value = response.json().await?;
+            let links = body["links"].as_array().unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(links.len(), 2);
+            assert_eq!(links[0]["href"], "/dummy/latest/dummy/");
+            assert_eq!(links[1]["href"], "/crate/dummy/latest");
+
+            Ok(())
+        });
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/bin/docs_rs_web/src/handlers/about.rs b/crates/bin/docs_rs_web/src/handlers/about.rs
index 928d2de60..5c90e62ea 100644
--- a/crates/bin/docs_rs_web/src/handlers/about.rs
+++ b/crates/bin/docs_rs_web/src/handlers/about.rs
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn about_handler(subpage: Option<Path<String>>) -> AxumResult<i
                 title: "The requested page does not exist",
                 message: msg.into(),
                 status: StatusCode::NOT_FOUND,
+                recovery: Vec::new(),
             };
             page.into_response()
         }
diff --git a/crates/bin/docs_rs_web/src/handlers/rustdoc.rs b/crates/bin/docs_rs_web/src/handlers/rustdoc.rs
index 8baebabdc..21ac05019 100644
--- a/crates/bin/docs_rs_web/src/handlers/rustdoc.rs
+++ b/crates/bin/docs_rs_web/src/handlers/rustdoc.rs
@@ -725,7 +725,18 @@ pub(crate) async fn rustdoc_html_server_handler(
                 )
             }
 
-            return Err(AxumNope::ResourceNotFound);
+            // The crate and version exist and have docs, but this specific
+            // page within them does not (e.g. a module removed/renamed in a
+            // newer release reached via `/latest/`). Return a 404 that
+            // acknowledges the version and offers recovery links instead of a
+            // bare "resource not found" (issue #2568).
+            return Err(AxumNope::ResourceNotFoundInVersion {
+                name: params.name().to_string(),
+                version: krate.version.to_string(),
+                is_latest_url: params.req_version().is_latest(),
+                version_root_url: params.clone().with_inner_path("").rustdoc_url(),
+                crate_details_url: params.crate_details_url(),
+            });
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/crates/bin/docs_rs_web/templates/error.html b/crates/bin/docs_rs_web/templates/error.html
index 339a4c585..f17041910 100644
--- a/crates/bin/docs_rs_web/templates/error.html
+++ b/crates/bin/docs_rs_web/templates/error.html
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 {% extends "base.html" %}
 
 {%- block header -%}
-    <div class="docsrs-package-container">
+    <div class="docsrs-package-container error-header">
         <div class="container">
             <h1 id="crate-title">{{ title }}</h1>
         </div>
     </div>
     <div class="description">{{ message }}</div>
+    {%- if !recovery.is_empty() -%}
+    <div id="recovery-links">
+        {%- for link in recovery -%}
+        <a class="pure-button pure-button-normal" href="{{ link.href }}">{{ link.label }}</a>
+        {%- endfor -%}
+    </div>
+    {%- endif -%}
 {%- endblock header -%}
 
 {%- block topbar -%}
diff --git a/crates/bin/docs_rs_web/templates/style/style.scss b/crates/bin/docs_rs_web/templates/style/style.scss
index 036de8b82..531946e21 100644
--- a/crates/bin/docs_rs_web/templates/style/style.scss
+++ b/crates/bin/docs_rs_web/templates/style/style.scss
@@ -704,6 +704,12 @@ div.docsrs-package-container {
     border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-border);
     margin-bottom: 20px;
 
+    // On the error page the body text below is centered against the full page
+    // width, so the title bar has to be centered too or the two disagree.
+    &.error-header .container {
+        margin: 0 auto;
+    }
+
     .container {
         display: flex;
         align-items: center;
@@ -884,6 +890,18 @@ div.search-page-search-form {
     display: inline-block;
 }
 
+#recovery-links {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-wrap: wrap;
+    justify-content: center;
+    gap: 10px;
+    padding: 10px 14px 14px;
+
+    .pure-button {
+        text-decoration: none;
+    }
+}
+
 #clipboard {
     cursor: pointer;
 }
diff --git a/gui-tests/404.goml b/gui-tests/404.goml
index 546e09a80..4a941e364 100644
--- a/gui-tests/404.goml
+++ b/gui-tests/404.goml
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
 // Checks the content of the 404 page.
 go-to: |DOC_PATH| + "/non-existing-crate"
 assert-text: ("#crate-title", "The requested crate does not exist")
+
+// Checks the 404 page of a page missing inside an existing crate version.
+go-to: |DOC_PATH| + "/sysinfo/latest/sysinfo/removed_module/index.html"
+assert-text: ("#crate-title", "This page does not exist")
+assert-text: (".description", "The latest version of `sysinfo` (0.23.5) exists", CONTAINS)
+assert-count: ("#recovery-links a", 2)
+assert-text: ("#recovery-links a:nth-of-type(1)", "Documentation home for this version")
+assert-attribute: ("#recovery-links a:nth-of-type(1)", {"href": "/sysinfo/latest/sysinfo/"})
+assert-text: ("#recovery-links a:nth-of-type(2)", "All versions of sysinfo")
+assert-attribute: ("#recovery-links a:nth-of-type(2)", {"href": "/crate/sysinfo/latest"})