diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/74999-ansible-doc-version_added_collection.yml b/changelogs/fragments/74999-ansible-doc-version_added_collection.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..54b86120f01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/74999-ansible-doc-version_added_collection.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- "ansible-doc - in text output, do not show empty ``version_added_collection`` values (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/74999)."
diff --git a/lib/ansible/cli/doc.py b/lib/ansible/cli/doc.py
index a44d8647f88..130e9046cb8 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/cli/doc.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/cli/doc.py
@@ -1033,6 +1033,10 @@ class DocCLI(CLI, RoleMixin):
             if conf:
                 text.append(DocCLI._dump_yaml({'set_via': conf}, opt_indent))
 
+            # Remove empty version_added_collection
+            if opt.get('version_added_collection') == '':
+                opt.pop('version_added_collection')
+
             for k in sorted(opt):
                 if k.startswith('_'):
                     continue