diff --git a/AUTHORS.rst b/AUTHORS.rst
index 9ecbd9d5a10..ff92ab7eab7 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.rst
+++ b/AUTHORS.rst
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Contributors
 * Daniel Eades -- improved static typing
 * Daniel Hahler -- testing and CI improvements
 * Daniel Pizetta -- inheritance diagram improvements
-* Dave Hoese -- ``sphinx.ext.viewcode`` bug fix
+* Dave Hoese -- ``sphinx.ext.viewcode`` and ``sphinx.ext.apidoc`` bug fixes
 * Dave Kuhlman -- original LaTeX writer
 * Dimitri Papadopoulos Orfanos -- linting and spelling
 * Dmitry Shachnev -- modernisation and reproducibility
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 50919fe907d..887f33d68a9 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ Bugs fixed
 
 * #13392: Fix argument type for ``jieba.load_userdict()``.
 * #13402: Ensure inline ``<script>`` tags are written exactly once.
+* #13391: apidoc: Fix TOC file not having a title.
+  Patch by Dave Hoese.
 
 Testing
 -------
diff --git a/sphinx/ext/apidoc/_extension.py b/sphinx/ext/apidoc/_extension.py
index cb40cc4fd78..c5a67528ec0 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/apidoc/_extension.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/apidoc/_extension.py
@@ -217,7 +217,6 @@ def _parse_module_options(
         dest_dir=dest_path,
         module_path=module_path,
         exclude_pattern=exclude_patterns,
-        automodule_options=automodule_options,
         max_depth=max_depth,
         quiet=True,
         follow_links=bool_options['follow_links'],
@@ -226,6 +225,8 @@ def _parse_module_options(
         no_headings=bool_options['no_headings'],
         module_first=bool_options['module_first'],
         implicit_namespaces=bool_options['implicit_namespaces'],
+        automodule_options=automodule_options,
+        header=module_path.name,
     )
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_extensions/test_ext_apidoc.py b/tests/test_extensions/test_ext_apidoc.py
index 7a9d6219415..a9742337013 100644
--- a/tests/test_extensions/test_ext_apidoc.py
+++ b/tests/test_extensions/test_ext_apidoc.py
@@ -782,13 +782,14 @@ def test_sphinx_extension(app: SphinxTestApp) -> None:
     app.build()
     assert app.warning.getvalue() == ''
 
-    assert set((app.srcdir / 'generated').iterdir()) == {
-        app.srcdir / 'generated' / 'modules.rst',
-        app.srcdir / 'generated' / 'my_package.rst',
-    }
-    assert 'show-inheritance' not in (
-        app.srcdir / 'generated' / 'my_package.rst'
-    ).read_text(encoding='utf8')
+    toc_file = app.srcdir / 'generated' / 'modules.rst'
+    pkg_file = app.srcdir / 'generated' / 'my_package.rst'
+    assert set((app.srcdir / 'generated').iterdir()) == {toc_file, pkg_file}
+    modules_content = toc_file.read_text(encoding='utf8')
+    assert modules_content == (
+        'src\n===\n\n.. toctree::\n   :maxdepth: 3\n\n   my_package\n'
+    )
+    assert 'show-inheritance' not in pkg_file.read_text(encoding='utf8')
     assert (app.outdir / 'generated' / 'my_package.html').is_file()
 
     # test a re-build