diff --git a/docs/docsite/_themes/sphinx_rtd_theme/ansible_banner.html b/docs/docsite/_themes/sphinx_rtd_theme/ansible_banner.html
index 1a2b998f229..6684a0313c4 100644
--- a/docs/docsite/_themes/sphinx_rtd_theme/ansible_banner.html
+++ b/docs/docsite/_themes/sphinx_rtd_theme/ansible_banner.html
@@ -12,7 +12,13 @@
     {% if (not READTHEDOCS) and (available_versions is defined) %}
       // Create a banner
       current_url_path = window.location.pathname;
-      if (startsWith(current_url_path, "/ansible/latest/") || startsWith(current_url_path, "/ansible/{{ latest_version }}/")) {
+
+      if (startsWith(current_url_path, "/ansible-core/")) {
+        document.write('<div id="banner_id" class="admonition caution">');
+        document.write('<p>You are reading documentation for Ansible Core, which contains no plugins except for those in ansible.builtin. For documentation of the Ansible package, go to <a href="https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest">the latest documentation</a>.</p>');
+        document.write('</div>');
+
+      } else if (startsWith(current_url_path, "/ansible/latest/") || startsWith(current_url_path, "/ansible/{{ latest_version }}/")) {
         document.write('<div id="banner_id" class="admonition caution">');
         document.write('<p>You are reading the latest community version of the Ansible documentation. Red Hat subscribers, select <b>2.9</b> in the version selection to the left for the most recent Red Hat release.</p>');
         document.write('</div>');