diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index b286571..b9f5f28 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -162,6 +162,18 @@ autodoc_mock_imports = []
 
 nitpick_ignore = [
     ('py:class', 'object'),
+    ('py:class', 'bool'),
+    ('py:class', 'dict'),
+    ('py:class', 'list'),
+    ('py:class', 'str'),
+    ('py:class', 'int'),
+    ('py:class', 'bytes'),
+    ('py:class', 'tuple'),
+    ('py:class', 'callable'),
+    ('py:class', 'type'),
+    ('py:class', 'OrderedDict'),
+    ('py:class', 'None'),
+
     ('py:class', 'Exception'),
     ('py:class', 'collections.OrderedDict'),
 
@@ -174,29 +186,17 @@ nitpick_ignore = [
     ('py:class', 'OpenAPICodecJson'),
     ('py:class', 'OpenAPISchemaGenerator'),
 
-    ('py:obj', 'bool'),
-    ('py:obj', 'dict'),
-    ('py:obj', 'list'),
-    ('py:obj', 'str'),
-    ('py:obj', 'int'),
-    ('py:obj', 'bytes'),
-    ('py:obj', 'tuple'),
-    ('py:obj', 'callable'),
-    ('py:obj', 'type'),
-    ('py:obj', 'OrderedDict'),
-    ('py:obj', 'None'),
-
-    ('py:obj', 'coreapi.Field'),
-    ('py:obj', 'BaseFilterBackend'),
-    ('py:obj', 'BasePagination'),
-    ('py:obj', 'Request'),
-    ('py:obj', 'rest_framework.request.Request'),
-    ('py:obj', 'rest_framework.serializers.Field'),
-    ('py:obj', 'serializers.Field'),
-    ('py:obj', 'serializers.BaseSerializer'),
-    ('py:obj', 'Serializer'),
-    ('py:obj', 'BaseSerializer'),
-    ('py:obj', 'APIView'),
+    ('py:class', 'coreapi.Field'),
+    ('py:class', 'BaseFilterBackend'),
+    ('py:class', 'BasePagination'),
+    ('py:class', 'Request'),
+    ('py:class', 'rest_framework.request.Request'),
+    ('py:class', 'rest_framework.serializers.Field'),
+    ('py:class', 'serializers.Field'),
+    ('py:class', 'serializers.BaseSerializer'),
+    ('py:class', 'Serializer'),
+    ('py:class', 'BaseSerializer'),
+    ('py:class', 'APIView'),
 ]
 
 # even though the package should be already installed, the sphinx build on RTD
diff --git a/requirements/docs.txt b/requirements/docs.txt
index 769f0a4..58790aa 100644
--- a/requirements/docs.txt
+++ b/requirements/docs.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # used by the 'docs' tox env for building the documentation
-Sphinx>=1.6.5
+Sphinx>=1.7.0
 sphinx_rtd_theme>=0.2.4
 Pillow>=4.3.0
 readme_renderer>=17.2