diff --git a/config.example.toml b/config.example.toml
index 698e3d62ae41d..4984cf8ba1e7c 100644
--- a/config.example.toml
+++ b/config.example.toml
@@ -553,10 +553,11 @@ change-id = 117435
 # Whether to always use incremental compilation when building rustc
 #incremental = false
 
-# Build a multi-threaded rustc
-# FIXME(#75760): Some UI tests fail when this option is enabled.
-# NOTE: This option is NOT SUPPORTED. See #48685.
-#parallel-compiler = false
+# Build a multi-threaded rustc. This allows users to use parallel rustc
+# via the unstable option `-Z threads=n`.
+# Since stable/beta channels only allow using stable features,
+# `parallel-compiler = false` should be set for these channels.
+#parallel-compiler = true
 
 # The default linker that will be hard-coded into the generated
 # compiler for targets that don't specify a default linker explicitly
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs
index 95d34aaf285d5..a871399453e4f 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ impl Config {
 
     fn parse_inner(args: &[String], get_toml: impl Fn(&Path) -> TomlConfig) -> Config {
         let mut flags = Flags::parse(&args);
-        let mut config: Config = Config::default_opts();
+        let mut config = Config::default_opts();
 
         // Set flags.
         config.paths = std::mem::take(&mut flags.paths);