diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_docs_test.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_docs_test.go
index bd62f156c..2c61db74a 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_docs_test.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_docs_test.go
@@ -2,14 +2,17 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/global"
 )
 
 func TestNewDocsCommand(t *testing.T) {
-	cmd := newDocsCommand()
+	cmd := newDocsCommand(&global.Options{})
 
 	if cmd.Use != "docs" {
 		t.Errorf("expected command Use 'docs' got %q", cmd.Use)
@@ -39,7 +42,82 @@ func TestNewDocsCommand(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestDocsURLForVersion(t *testing.T) {
+	// Dynamically build the expected URLs using the package's base constant
+	stableURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/stable", ResticURL)
+	latestURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/latest", ResticURL)
+	tagURL := func(tag string) string {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s/v%s", ResticURL, tag)
+	}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		version string
+		want    string
+	}{
+		// --- 1. Stable Tag Releases ---
+		{
+			name:    "Exact Release Tag",
+			version: "0.18.1",
+			want:    tagURL("0.18.1"),
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "Release Tag with Patch",
+			version: "1.23.4",
+			want:    tagURL("1.23.4"),
+		},
+
+		// --- 2. Development & Bleeding Edge Builds ---
+		{
+			name:    "Dev Build with Suffix",
+			version: "0.18.1-dev",
+			want:    latestURL,
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "Manually Compiled Binary",
+			version: "0.18.1 (compiled manually)",
+			want:    latestURL,
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "Pure Dev Keyword",
+			version: "dev",
+			want:    latestURL,
+		},
+
+		// --- 3. Fallbacks & Unknown States ---
+		{
+			name:    "Explicit Unknown Keyword",
+			version: "unknown",
+			want:    stableURL,
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "Empty String Fallback",
+			version: "",
+			want:    stableURL,
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "Malformed Version Fallback",
+			version: "my-custom-version-string",
+			want:    stableURL,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := docsURLForVersion(tt.version); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("docsURLForVersion(%q) = %q, want %q", tt.version, got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestOpenDocs(t *testing.T) {
+	stableURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/stable", ResticURL)
+	latestURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/latest", ResticURL)
+	tagURL := func(tag string) string {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s/v%s", ResticURL, tag)
+	}
+
 	tests := []struct {
 		name    string
 		goos    string
@@ -48,12 +126,17 @@ func TestOpenDocs(t *testing.T) {
 		wantBin string
 		wantArg string
 	}{
-		{"Linux User", "linux", ResticDocsURL, "user", "xdg-open", ResticDocsURL},
-		{"Linux Dev", "linux", ResticDevDocsURL, "developer", "xdg-open", ResticDevDocsURL},
-		{"Mac User", "darwin", ResticDocsURL, "user", "open", ResticDocsURL},
-		{"Mac Dev", "darwin", ResticDevDocsURL, "developer", "open", ResticDevDocsURL},
-		{"Windows User", "windows", ResticDocsURL, "user", "rundll32", "url.dll,FileProtocolHandler"},
-		{"Windows Dev", "windows", ResticDevDocsURL, "developer", "rundll32", "url.dll,FileProtocolHandler"},
+		{"Linux version", "linux", tagURL("v0.18.1"), "user", "xdg-open", tagURL("v0.18.1")},
+		{"Linux User", "linux", stableURL, "user", "xdg-open", stableURL},
+		{"Linux Dev", "linux", latestURL, "developer", "xdg-open", latestURL},
+
+		{"Mac Version", "darwin", tagURL("v0.18.1"), "user", "open", tagURL("v0.18.1")},
+		{"Mac User", "darwin", stableURL, "user", "open", stableURL},
+		{"Mac Dev", "darwin", latestURL, "developer", "open", latestURL},
+
+		{"Windows Version", "windows", tagURL("v0.18.1"), "user", "rundll32", "url.dll,FileProtocolHandler"},
+		{"Windows User", "windows", stableURL, "user", "rundll32", "url.dll,FileProtocolHandler"},
+		{"Windows Dev", "windows", latestURL, "developer", "rundll32", "url.dll,FileProtocolHandler"},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {