diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 9a649e2de..f96c48352 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ pygments_style = 'sphinx'
 # If true, keep warnings as "system message" paragraphs in the built documents.
 #keep_warnings = False
 
+# If true, `todo` and `todoList` produce output, else they produce nothing.
+todo_include_todos = True
+
 
 # -- Options for HTML output ----------------------------------------------
 
@@ -324,5 +327,3 @@ intersphinx_mapping = {
     'python': ('https://docs.python.org/': None),
     'acme': ('https://acme-python.readthedocs.org', None),
 }
-
-todo_include_todos = True