diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 9f41948b6..685307c18 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ language = None
 # This pattern also affects html_static_path and html_extra_path .
 exclude_patterns = [u'_build', 'Thumbs.db', '.DS_Store']
 
+html_extra_path = [u'generated/reference/output']
+
 # The name of the Pygments (syntax highlighting) style to use.
 pygments_style = 'sphinx'
 
diff --git a/docs/reference/api-docs/index.rst b/docs/reference/api-docs/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8b844067
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/reference/api-docs/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+=================
+API documentation
+=================
diff --git a/docs/reference/index.rst b/docs/reference/index.rst
index 9a509668f..194ad58e5 100644
--- a/docs/reference/index.rst
+++ b/docs/reference/index.rst
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ Step by step user guides and tutorials can be found in the
    issuers
    clusterissuers
    ingress-shim
+   api-docs/index