[Python-checkins] bpo-40204: Allow pre-Sphinx 3 syntax in the doc (GH-21844) (GH-21901) (GH-21928)

Victor Stinner webhook-mailer at python.org
Thu Aug 20 07:28:55 EDT 2020


https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7d0fef56d8eaac6309a66cb8c6ba6fd96f8c8a94
commit: 7d0fef56d8eaac6309a66cb8c6ba6fd96f8c8a94
branch: 3.8
author: Victor Stinner <vstinner at python.org>
committer: GitHub <noreply at github.com>
date: 2020-08-20T13:28:49+02:00
summary:

bpo-40204: Allow pre-Sphinx 3 syntax in the doc (GH-21844) (GH-21901) (GH-21928)

* bpo-40204: Allow pre-Sphinx 3 syntax in the doc (GH-21844)

Enable Sphinx 3.2 "c_allow_pre_v3" option and disable the
c_warn_on_allowed_pre_v3 option to make the documentation compatible
with Sphinx 2 and Sphinx 3.

(cherry picked from commit 423e77d6de497931585d1883805a9e3fa4096b0b)

* bpo-40204: Fix Sphinx sytanx in howto/instrumentation.rst (GH-21858)

Use generic '.. object::' to declare markers, rather than abusing
'..  c:function::' which fails on Sphinx 3.

(cherry picked from commit 43577c01a2ab49122db696e9eaec6cb31d11cc81)

* bpo-40204: Fix duplicates in the documentation (GH-21857)

Fix two Sphinx 3 issues:

Doc/c-api/buffer.rst:304: WARNING: Duplicate C declaration, also defined in 'c-api/buffer'.
Declaration is 'PyBUF_ND'.

Doc/c-api/unicode.rst:1603: WARNING: Duplicate C declaration, also defined in 'c-api/unicode'.
Declaration is 'PyObject* PyUnicode_Translate(PyObject *str, PyObject *table, const char *errors)'.

(cherry picked from commit 46d10b1237c67ff8347f533eda6a5468d098f7eb)

* bpo-40204: Add :noindex: in the documentation (GH-21859)

Add :noindex: to duplicated documentation to fix "duplicate object
description" errors.

For example, fix this Sphinx 3 issue:

Doc/library/configparser.rst:1146: WARNING: duplicate object
description of configparser.ConfigParser.optionxform, other instance
in library/configparser, use :noindex: for one of them

(cherry picked from commit d3ded080482beae578faa704b13534a62d066f9f)

* bpo-40204, doc: Fix syntax of C variables (GH-21846)

For example, fix the following Sphinx 3 errors:

Doc/c-api/buffer.rst:102: WARNING: Error in declarator or parameters
Invalid C declaration: Expected identifier in nested name. [error at 5]
  void \*obj
  -----^

Doc/c-api/arg.rst:130: WARNING: Unparseable C cross-reference: 'PyObject*'
Invalid C declaration: Expected end of definition. [error at 8]
  PyObject*
  --------^

The modified documentation is compatible with Sphinx 2 and Sphinx 3.

(cherry picked from commit 474652fe9346382dbf793f20b671eb74668bebde)

* bpo-40204: Fix reference to terms in the doc (GH-21865)

Sphinx 3 requires to refer to terms with the exact case.

For example, fix the Sphinx 3 warning:

Doc/library/pkgutil.rst:71: WARNING: term Loader not found in case
sensitive match.made a reference to loader instead.

(cherry picked from commit bb0b08540cc93e56f3f1bde1b39ce086d9e35fe1)

* bpo-40204: Fix duplicated productionlist names in the doc (GH-21900)

Sphinx 3 disallows having more than one productionlist markup with
the same name. Simply remove names in this case, since names are not
shown anyway. For example, fix the Sphinx 3 warning:

Doc/reference/introduction.rst:96: duplicate token description
of *:name, other instance in reference/expressions

(cherry picked from commit 1abeda80f760134b4233608e2c288790f955b95a)
(cherry picked from commit 8f88190af529543c84d5dc78f19abbfd73335cf4)

files:
A Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-08-12-18-35-40.bpo-40204.C8A_pe.rst
M Doc/c-api/arg.rst
M Doc/c-api/buffer.rst
M Doc/c-api/capsule.rst
M Doc/c-api/dict.rst
M Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst
M Doc/c-api/file.rst
M Doc/c-api/init.rst
M Doc/c-api/intro.rst
M Doc/c-api/marshal.rst
M Doc/c-api/memory.rst
M Doc/c-api/module.rst
M Doc/c-api/object.rst
M Doc/c-api/structures.rst
M Doc/c-api/tuple.rst
M Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst
M Doc/c-api/unicode.rst
M Doc/c-api/veryhigh.rst
M Doc/conf.py
M Doc/extending/newtypes_tutorial.rst
M Doc/glossary.rst
M Doc/howto/instrumentation.rst
M Doc/library/aifc.rst
M Doc/library/collections.abc.rst
M Doc/library/concurrent.futures.rst
M Doc/library/configparser.rst
M Doc/library/difflib.rst
M Doc/library/enum.rst
M Doc/library/importlib.rst
M Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
M Doc/library/pkgutil.rst
M Doc/library/socket.rst
M Doc/library/string.rst
M Doc/library/tarfile.rst
M Doc/library/threading.rst
M Doc/library/token.rst
M Doc/library/turtle.rst
M Doc/library/urllib.request.rst
M Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
M Doc/reference/introduction.rst
M Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
M Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst
M Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
M Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
M Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
M Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst

diff --git a/Doc/c-api/arg.rst b/Doc/c-api/arg.rst
index b7baad589a72c..a187a8fb81437 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/arg.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/arg.rst
@@ -131,12 +131,12 @@ which disallows mutable objects such as :class:`bytearray`.
 ``S`` (:class:`bytes`) [PyBytesObject \*]
    Requires that the Python object is a :class:`bytes` object, without
    attempting any conversion.  Raises :exc:`TypeError` if the object is not
-   a bytes object.  The C variable may also be declared as :c:type:`PyObject\*`.
+   a bytes object.  The C variable may also be declared as :c:type:`PyObject*`.
 
 ``Y`` (:class:`bytearray`) [PyByteArrayObject \*]
    Requires that the Python object is a :class:`bytearray` object, without
    attempting any conversion.  Raises :exc:`TypeError` if the object is not
-   a :class:`bytearray` object. The C variable may also be declared as :c:type:`PyObject\*`.
+   a :class:`bytearray` object. The C variable may also be declared as :c:type:`PyObject*`.
 
 ``u`` (:class:`str`) [const Py_UNICODE \*]
    Convert a Python Unicode object to a C pointer to a NUL-terminated buffer of
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ which disallows mutable objects such as :class:`bytearray`.
 ``U`` (:class:`str`) [PyObject \*]
    Requires that the Python object is a Unicode object, without attempting
    any conversion.  Raises :exc:`TypeError` if the object is not a Unicode
-   object.  The C variable may also be declared as :c:type:`PyObject\*`.
+   object.  The C variable may also be declared as :c:type:`PyObject*`.
 
 ``w*`` (read-write :term:`bytes-like object`) [Py_buffer]
    This format accepts any object which implements the read-write buffer
@@ -196,10 +196,10 @@ which disallows mutable objects such as :class:`bytearray`.
    It only works for encoded data without embedded NUL bytes.
 
    This format requires two arguments.  The first is only used as input, and
-   must be a :c:type:`const char\*` which points to the name of an encoding as a
+   must be a :c:type:`const char*` which points to the name of an encoding as a
    NUL-terminated string, or ``NULL``, in which case ``'utf-8'`` encoding is used.
    An exception is raised if the named encoding is not known to Python.  The
-   second argument must be a :c:type:`char\*\*`; the value of the pointer it
+   second argument must be a :c:type:`char**`; the value of the pointer it
    references will be set to a buffer with the contents of the argument text.
    The text will be encoded in the encoding specified by the first argument.
 
@@ -219,10 +219,10 @@ which disallows mutable objects such as :class:`bytearray`.
    characters.
 
    It requires three arguments.  The first is only used as input, and must be a
-   :c:type:`const char\*` which points to the name of an encoding as a
+   :c:type:`const char*` which points to the name of an encoding as a
    NUL-terminated string, or ``NULL``, in which case ``'utf-8'`` encoding is used.
    An exception is raised if the named encoding is not known to Python.  The
-   second argument must be a :c:type:`char\*\*`; the value of the pointer it
+   second argument must be a :c:type:`char**`; the value of the pointer it
    references will be set to a buffer with the contents of the argument text.
    The text will be encoded in the encoding specified by the first argument.
    The third argument must be a pointer to an integer; the referenced integer
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ Other objects
 ``O!`` (object) [*typeobject*, PyObject \*]
    Store a Python object in a C object pointer.  This is similar to ``O``, but
    takes two C arguments: the first is the address of a Python type object, the
-   second is the address of the C variable (of type :c:type:`PyObject\*`) into which
+   second is the address of the C variable (of type :c:type:`PyObject*`) into which
    the object pointer is stored.  If the Python object does not have the required
    type, :exc:`TypeError` is raised.
 
@@ -331,13 +331,13 @@ Other objects
 ``O&`` (object) [*converter*, *anything*]
    Convert a Python object to a C variable through a *converter* function.  This
    takes two arguments: the first is a function, the second is the address of a C
-   variable (of arbitrary type), converted to :c:type:`void \*`.  The *converter*
+   variable (of arbitrary type), converted to :c:type:`void *`.  The *converter*
    function in turn is called as follows::
 
       status = converter(object, address);
 
    where *object* is the Python object to be converted and *address* is the
-   :c:type:`void\*` argument that was passed to the :c:func:`PyArg_Parse\*` function.
+   :c:type:`void*` argument that was passed to the :c:func:`PyArg_Parse\*` function.
    The returned *status* should be ``1`` for a successful conversion and ``0`` if
    the conversion has failed.  When the conversion fails, the *converter* function
    should raise an exception and leave the content of *address* unmodified.
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ API Functions
    *args*; it must actually be a tuple.  The length of the tuple must be at least
    *min* and no more than *max*; *min* and *max* may be equal.  Additional
    arguments must be passed to the function, each of which should be a pointer to a
-   :c:type:`PyObject\*` variable; these will be filled in with the values from
+   :c:type:`PyObject*` variable; these will be filled in with the values from
    *args*; they will contain borrowed references.  The variables which correspond
    to optional parameters not given by *args* will not be filled in; these should
    be initialized by the caller. This function returns true on success and false if
@@ -652,8 +652,8 @@ Building values
 
    ``O&`` (object) [*converter*, *anything*]
       Convert *anything* to a Python object through a *converter* function.  The
-      function is called with *anything* (which should be compatible with :c:type:`void
-      \*`) as its argument and should return a "new" Python object, or ``NULL`` if an
+      function is called with *anything* (which should be compatible with :c:type:`void*`)
+      as its argument and should return a "new" Python object, or ``NULL`` if an
       error occurred.
 
    ``(items)`` (:class:`tuple`) [*matching-items*]
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/buffer.rst b/Doc/c-api/buffer.rst
index 4e6fa0b32e669..dd091bb3d1003 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/buffer.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/buffer.rst
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ a buffer, see :c:func:`PyObject_GetBuffer`.
 
 .. c:type:: Py_buffer
 
-   .. c:member:: void \*buf
+   .. c:member:: void *buf
 
       A pointer to the start of the logical structure described by the buffer
       fields. This can be any location within the underlying physical memory
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ a buffer, see :c:func:`PyObject_GetBuffer`.
       For :term:`contiguous` arrays, the value points to the beginning of
       the memory block.
 
-   .. c:member:: void \*obj
+   .. c:member:: void *obj
 
       A new reference to the exporting object. The reference is owned by
       the consumer and automatically decremented and set to ``NULL`` by
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ a buffer, see :c:func:`PyObject_GetBuffer`.
       or a :c:macro:`PyBUF_WRITABLE` request, the consumer must disregard
       :c:member:`~Py_buffer.itemsize` and assume ``itemsize == 1``.
 
-   .. c:member:: const char \*format
+   .. c:member:: const char *format
 
       A *NUL* terminated string in :mod:`struct` module style syntax describing
       the contents of a single item. If this is ``NULL``, ``"B"`` (unsigned bytes)
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ a buffer, see :c:func:`PyObject_GetBuffer`.
       to 64. Exporters MUST respect this limit, consumers of multi-dimensional
       buffers SHOULD be able to handle up to :c:macro:`PyBUF_MAX_NDIM` dimensions.
 
-   .. c:member:: Py_ssize_t \*shape
+   .. c:member:: Py_ssize_t *shape
 
       An array of :c:type:`Py_ssize_t` of length :c:member:`~Py_buffer.ndim`
       indicating the shape of the memory as an n-dimensional array. Note that
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ a buffer, see :c:func:`PyObject_GetBuffer`.
 
       The shape array is read-only for the consumer.
 
-   .. c:member:: Py_ssize_t \*strides
+   .. c:member:: Py_ssize_t *strides
 
       An array of :c:type:`Py_ssize_t` of length :c:member:`~Py_buffer.ndim`
       giving the number of bytes to skip to get to a new element in each
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ a buffer, see :c:func:`PyObject_GetBuffer`.
 
       The strides array is read-only for the consumer.
 
-   .. c:member:: Py_ssize_t \*suboffsets
+   .. c:member:: Py_ssize_t *suboffsets
 
       An array of :c:type:`Py_ssize_t` of length :c:member:`~Py_buffer.ndim`.
       If ``suboffsets[n] >= 0``, the values stored along the nth dimension are
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ a buffer, see :c:func:`PyObject_GetBuffer`.
 
       The suboffsets array is read-only for the consumer.
 
-   .. c:member:: void \*internal
+   .. c:member:: void *internal
 
       This is for use internally by the exporting object. For example, this
       might be re-cast as an integer by the exporter and used to store flags
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ must be C-contiguous.
 +-----------------------------------+-------+---------+------------+--------+
 | .. c:macro:: PyBUF_ANY_CONTIGUOUS |  yes  |   yes   |    NULL    | C or F |
 +-----------------------------------+-------+---------+------------+--------+
-| .. c:macro:: PyBUF_ND             |  yes  |   NULL  |    NULL    |   C    |
+| :c:macro:`PyBUF_ND`               |  yes  |   NULL  |    NULL    |   C    |
 +-----------------------------------+-------+---------+------------+--------+
 
 
@@ -438,12 +438,12 @@ Buffer-related functions
 
    Send a request to *exporter* to fill in *view* as specified by  *flags*.
    If the exporter cannot provide a buffer of the exact type, it MUST raise
-   :c:data:`PyExc_BufferError`, set :c:member:`view->obj` to ``NULL`` and
+   :c:data:`PyExc_BufferError`, set ``view->obj`` to ``NULL`` and
    return ``-1``.
 
-   On success, fill in *view*, set :c:member:`view->obj` to a new reference
+   On success, fill in *view*, set ``view->obj`` to a new reference
    to *exporter* and return 0. In the case of chained buffer providers
-   that redirect requests to a single object, :c:member:`view->obj` MAY
+   that redirect requests to a single object, ``view->obj`` MAY
    refer to this object instead of *exporter* (See :ref:`Buffer Object Structures <buffer-structs>`).
 
    Successful calls to :c:func:`PyObject_GetBuffer` must be paired with calls
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ Buffer-related functions
 .. c:function:: void PyBuffer_Release(Py_buffer *view)
 
    Release the buffer *view* and decrement the reference count for
-   :c:member:`view->obj`. This function MUST be called when the buffer
+   ``view->obj``. This function MUST be called when the buffer
    is no longer being used, otherwise reference leaks may occur.
 
    It is an error to call this function on a buffer that was not obtained via
@@ -514,9 +514,9 @@ Buffer-related functions
    *view* as specified by flags, unless *buf* has been designated as read-only
    and :c:macro:`PyBUF_WRITABLE` is set in *flags*.
 
-   On success, set :c:member:`view->obj` to a new reference to *exporter* and
+   On success, set ``view->obj`` to a new reference to *exporter* and
    return 0. Otherwise, raise :c:data:`PyExc_BufferError`, set
-   :c:member:`view->obj` to ``NULL`` and return ``-1``;
+   ``view->obj`` to ``NULL`` and return ``-1``;
 
    If this function is used as part of a :ref:`getbufferproc <buffer-structs>`,
    *exporter* MUST be set to the exporting object and *flags* must be passed
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/capsule.rst b/Doc/c-api/capsule.rst
index 78e21140b2f80..5eb313c89bfd5 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/capsule.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/capsule.rst
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Refer to :ref:`using-capsules` for more information on using these objects.
 .. c:type:: PyCapsule
 
    This subtype of :c:type:`PyObject` represents an opaque value, useful for C
-   extension modules who need to pass an opaque value (as a :c:type:`void\*`
+   extension modules who need to pass an opaque value (as a :c:type:`void*`
    pointer) through Python code to other C code.  It is often used to make a C
    function pointer defined in one module available to other modules, so the
    regular import mechanism can be used to access C APIs defined in dynamically
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/dict.rst b/Doc/c-api/dict.rst
index e48c11d336b8c..30905271c396a 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/dict.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/dict.rst
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ Dictionary Objects
    .. index:: single: PyUnicode_FromString()
 
    Insert *val* into the dictionary *p* using *key* as a key. *key* should
-   be a :c:type:`const char\*`.  The key object is created using
+   be a :c:type:`const char*`.  The key object is created using
    ``PyUnicode_FromString(key)``.  Return ``0`` on success or ``-1`` on
    failure.  This function *does not* steal a reference to *val*.
 
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Dictionary Objects
 .. c:function:: PyObject* PyDict_GetItemString(PyObject *p, const char *key)
 
    This is the same as :c:func:`PyDict_GetItem`, but *key* is specified as a
-   :c:type:`const char\*`, rather than a :c:type:`PyObject\*`.
+   :c:type:`const char*`, rather than a :c:type:`PyObject*`.
 
    Note that exceptions which occur while calling :meth:`__hash__` and
    :meth:`__eq__` methods and creating a temporary string object
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ Dictionary Objects
    prior to the first call to this function to start the iteration; the
    function returns true for each pair in the dictionary, and false once all
    pairs have been reported.  The parameters *pkey* and *pvalue* should either
-   point to :c:type:`PyObject\*` variables that will be filled in with each key
+   point to :c:type:`PyObject*` variables that will be filled in with each key
    and value, respectively, or may be ``NULL``.  Any references returned through
    them are borrowed.  *ppos* should not be altered during iteration. Its
    value represents offsets within the internal dictionary structure, and
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst b/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst
index bbc1ee28d9b08..a4c263f47ab63 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ Standard Exceptions
 
 All standard Python exceptions are available as global variables whose names are
 ``PyExc_`` followed by the Python exception name.  These have the type
-:c:type:`PyObject\*`; they are all class objects.  For completeness, here are all
+:c:type:`PyObject*`; they are all class objects.  For completeness, here are all
 the variables:
 
 .. index::
@@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ Standard Warning Categories
 
 All standard Python warning categories are available as global variables whose
 names are ``PyExc_`` followed by the Python exception name. These have the type
-:c:type:`PyObject\*`; they are all class objects. For completeness, here are all
+:c:type:`PyObject*`; they are all class objects. For completeness, here are all
 the variables:
 
 .. index::
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/file.rst b/Doc/c-api/file.rst
index 5370c4e350a0b..ea027ee975c65 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/file.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/file.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ File Objects
 .. index:: object: file
 
 These APIs are a minimal emulation of the Python 2 C API for built-in file
-objects, which used to rely on the buffered I/O (:c:type:`FILE\*`) support
+objects, which used to rely on the buffered I/O (:c:type:`FILE*`) support
 from the C standard library.  In Python 3, files and streams use the new
 :mod:`io` module, which defines several layers over the low-level unbuffered
 I/O of the operating system.  The functions described below are
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ error reporting in the interpreter; third-party code is advised to access
 the :mod:`io` APIs instead.
 
 
-.. c:function:: PyFile_FromFd(int fd, const char *name, const char *mode, int buffering, const char *encoding, const char *errors, const char *newline, int closefd)
+.. c:function:: PyObject* PyFile_FromFd(int fd, const char *name, const char *mode, int buffering, const char *encoding, const char *errors, const char *newline, int closefd)
 
    Create a Python file object from the file descriptor of an already
    opened file *fd*.  The arguments *name*, *encoding*, *errors* and *newline*
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/init.rst b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
index 68d892dcae404..e12f7c6262c22 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/init.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ When a flag is set by an option, the value of the flag is the number of times
 that the option was set. For example, ``-b`` sets :c:data:`Py_BytesWarningFlag`
 to 1 and ``-bb`` sets :c:data:`Py_BytesWarningFlag` to 2.
 
-.. c:var:: Py_BytesWarningFlag
+.. c:var:: int Py_BytesWarningFlag
 
    Issue a warning when comparing :class:`bytes` or :class:`bytearray` with
    :class:`str` or :class:`bytes` with :class:`int`.  Issue an error if greater
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ to 1 and ``-bb`` sets :c:data:`Py_BytesWarningFlag` to 2.
 
    Set by the :option:`-b` option.
 
-.. c:var:: Py_DebugFlag
+.. c:var:: int Py_DebugFlag
 
    Turn on parser debugging output (for expert only, depending on compilation
    options).
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ to 1 and ``-bb`` sets :c:data:`Py_BytesWarningFlag` to 2.
    Set by the :option:`-d` option and the :envvar:`PYTHONDEBUG` environment
    variable.
 
-.. c:var:: Py_DontWriteBytecodeFlag
+.. c:var:: int Py_DontWriteBytecodeFlag
 
    If set to non-zero, Python won't try to write ``.pyc`` files on the
    import of source modules.
@@ -105,14 +105,14 @@ to 1 and ``-bb`` sets :c:data:`Py_BytesWarningFlag` to 2.
    Set by the :option:`-B` option and the :envvar:`PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE`
    environment variable.
 
-.. c:var:: Py_FrozenFlag
+.. c:var:: int Py_FrozenFlag
 
    Suppress error messages when calculating the module search path in
    :c:func:`Py_GetPath`.
 
    Private flag used by ``_freeze_importlib`` and ``frozenmain`` programs.
 
-.. c:var:: Py_HashRandomizationFlag
+.. c:var:: int Py_HashRandomizationFlag
 
    Set to ``1`` if the :envvar:`PYTHONHASHSEED` environment variable is set to
    a non-empty string.
@@ -120,14 +120,14 @@ to 1 and ``-bb`` sets :c:data:`Py_BytesWarningFlag` to 2.
    If the flag is non-zero, read the :envvar:`PYTHONHASHSEED` environment
    variable to initialize the secret hash seed.
 
-.. c:var:: Py_IgnoreEnvironmentFlag
+.. c:var:: int Py_IgnoreEnvironmentFlag
 
    Ignore all :envvar:`PYTHON*` environment variables, e.g.
    :envvar:`PYTHONPATH` and :envvar:`PYTHONHOME`, that might be set.
 
    Set by the :option:`-E` and :option:`-I` options.
 
-.. c:var:: Py_InspectFlag
+.. c:var:: int Py_InspectFlag
 
    When a script is passed as first argument or the :option:`-c` option is used,
    enter interactive mode after executing the script or the command, even when
@@ -136,11 +136,11 @@ to 1 and ``-bb`` sets :c:data:`Py_BytesWarningFlag` to 2.
    Set by the :option:`-i` option and the :envvar:`PYTHONINSPECT` environment
    variable.
 
-.. c:var:: Py_InteractiveFlag
+.. c:var:: int Py_InteractiveFlag
 
    Set by the :option:`-i` option.
 
-.. c:var:: Py_IsolatedFlag
+.. c:var:: int Py_IsolatedFlag
 
    Run Python in isolated mode. In isolated mode :data:`sys.path` contains
    neither the script's directory nor the user's site-packages directory.
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ to 1 and ``-bb`` sets :c:data:`Py_BytesWarningFlag` to 2.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.4
 
-.. c:var:: Py_LegacyWindowsFSEncodingFlag
+.. c:var:: int Py_LegacyWindowsFSEncodingFlag
 
    If the flag is non-zero, use the ``mbcs`` encoding instead of the UTF-8
    encoding for the filesystem encoding.
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ to 1 and ``-bb`` sets :c:data:`Py_BytesWarningFlag` to 2.
 
    .. availability:: Windows.
 
-.. c:var:: Py_LegacyWindowsStdioFlag
+.. c:var:: int Py_LegacyWindowsStdioFlag
 
    If the flag is non-zero, use :class:`io.FileIO` instead of
    :class:`WindowsConsoleIO` for :mod:`sys` standard streams.
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ to 1 and ``-bb`` sets :c:data:`Py_BytesWarningFlag` to 2.
 
    .. availability:: Windows.
 
-.. c:var:: Py_NoSiteFlag
+.. c:var:: int Py_NoSiteFlag
 
    Disable the import of the module :mod:`site` and the site-dependent
    manipulations of :data:`sys.path` that it entails.  Also disable these
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ to 1 and ``-bb`` sets :c:data:`Py_BytesWarningFlag` to 2.
 
    Set by the :option:`-S` option.
 
-.. c:var:: Py_NoUserSiteDirectory
+.. c:var:: int Py_NoUserSiteDirectory
 
    Don't add the :data:`user site-packages directory <site.USER_SITE>` to
    :data:`sys.path`.
@@ -190,12 +190,12 @@ to 1 and ``-bb`` sets :c:data:`Py_BytesWarningFlag` to 2.
    Set by the :option:`-s` and :option:`-I` options, and the
    :envvar:`PYTHONNOUSERSITE` environment variable.
 
-.. c:var:: Py_OptimizeFlag
+.. c:var:: int Py_OptimizeFlag
 
    Set by the :option:`-O` option and the :envvar:`PYTHONOPTIMIZE` environment
    variable.
 
-.. c:var:: Py_QuietFlag
+.. c:var:: int Py_QuietFlag
 
    Don't display the copyright and version messages even in interactive mode.
 
@@ -203,14 +203,14 @@ to 1 and ``-bb`` sets :c:data:`Py_BytesWarningFlag` to 2.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.2
 
-.. c:var:: Py_UnbufferedStdioFlag
+.. c:var:: int Py_UnbufferedStdioFlag
 
    Force the stdout and stderr streams to be unbuffered.
 
    Set by the :option:`-u` option and the :envvar:`PYTHONUNBUFFERED`
    environment variable.
 
-.. c:var:: Py_VerboseFlag
+.. c:var:: int Py_VerboseFlag
 
    Print a message each time a module is initialized, showing the place
    (filename or built-in module) from which it is loaded.  If greater or equal
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ code, or when embedding the Python interpreter:
 .. c:type:: PyThreadState
 
    This data structure represents the state of a single thread.  The only public
-   data member is :c:type:`PyInterpreterState \*`:attr:`interp`, which points to
+   data member is :attr:`interp` (:c:type:`PyInterpreterState *`), which points to
    this thread's interpreter state.
 
 
@@ -1516,7 +1516,7 @@ The Python interpreter provides low-level support for thread-local storage
 (TLS) which wraps the underlying native TLS implementation to support the
 Python-level thread local storage API (:class:`threading.local`).  The
 CPython C level APIs are similar to those offered by pthreads and Windows:
-use a thread key and functions to associate a :c:type:`void\*` value per
+use a thread key and functions to associate a :c:type:`void*` value per
 thread.
 
 The GIL does *not* need to be held when calling these functions; they supply
@@ -1527,8 +1527,8 @@ you need to include :file:`pythread.h` to use thread-local storage.
 
 .. note::
    None of these API functions handle memory management on behalf of the
-   :c:type:`void\*` values.  You need to allocate and deallocate them yourself.
-   If the :c:type:`void\*` values happen to be :c:type:`PyObject\*`, these
+   :c:type:`void*` values.  You need to allocate and deallocate them yourself.
+   If the :c:type:`void*` values happen to be :c:type:`PyObject*`, these
    functions don't do refcount operations on them either.
 
 .. _thread-specific-storage-api:
@@ -1624,14 +1624,14 @@ undefined if the given :c:type:`Py_tss_t` has not been initialized by
 
 .. c:function:: int PyThread_tss_set(Py_tss_t *key, void *value)
 
-   Return a zero value to indicate successfully associating a :c:type:`void\*`
+   Return a zero value to indicate successfully associating a :c:type:`void*`
    value with a TSS key in the current thread.  Each thread has a distinct
-   mapping of the key to a :c:type:`void\*` value.
+   mapping of the key to a :c:type:`void*` value.
 
 
 .. c:function:: void* PyThread_tss_get(Py_tss_t *key)
 
-   Return the :c:type:`void\*` value associated with a TSS key in the current
+   Return the :c:type:`void*` value associated with a TSS key in the current
    thread.  This returns ``NULL`` if no value is associated with the key in the
    current thread.
 
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/intro.rst b/Doc/c-api/intro.rst
index 718f40eb6c247..fd1268e310260 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/intro.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/intro.rst
@@ -216,13 +216,13 @@ Objects, Types and Reference Counts
 .. index:: object: type
 
 Most Python/C API functions have one or more arguments as well as a return value
-of type :c:type:`PyObject\*`.  This type is a pointer to an opaque data type
+of type :c:type:`PyObject*`.  This type is a pointer to an opaque data type
 representing an arbitrary Python object.  Since all Python object types are
 treated the same way by the Python language in most situations (e.g.,
 assignments, scope rules, and argument passing), it is only fitting that they
 should be represented by a single C type.  Almost all Python objects live on the
 heap: you never declare an automatic or static variable of type
-:c:type:`PyObject`, only pointer variables of type :c:type:`PyObject\*` can  be
+:c:type:`PyObject`, only pointer variables of type :c:type:`PyObject*` can  be
 declared.  The sole exception are the type objects; since these must never be
 deallocated, they are typically static :c:type:`PyTypeObject` objects.
 
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ Types
 
 There are few other data types that play a significant role in  the Python/C
 API; most are simple C types such as :c:type:`int`,  :c:type:`long`,
-:c:type:`double` and :c:type:`char\*`.  A few structure types  are used to
+:c:type:`double` and :c:type:`char*`.  A few structure types  are used to
 describe static tables used to list the functions exported  by a module or the
 data attributes of a new object type, and another is used to describe the value
 of a complex number.  These will  be discussed together with the functions that
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/marshal.rst b/Doc/c-api/marshal.rst
index 7b179e22e290e..7bb0dad2b6b6d 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/marshal.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/marshal.rst
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ The following functions allow marshalled values to be read back in.
 
 .. c:function:: long PyMarshal_ReadLongFromFile(FILE *file)
 
-   Return a C :c:type:`long` from the data stream in a :c:type:`FILE\*` opened
+   Return a C :c:type:`long` from the data stream in a :c:type:`FILE*` opened
    for reading.  Only a 32-bit value can be read in using this function,
    regardless of the native size of :c:type:`long`.
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ The following functions allow marshalled values to be read back in.
 
 .. c:function:: int PyMarshal_ReadShortFromFile(FILE *file)
 
-   Return a C :c:type:`short` from the data stream in a :c:type:`FILE\*` opened
+   Return a C :c:type:`short` from the data stream in a :c:type:`FILE*` opened
    for reading.  Only a 16-bit value can be read in using this function,
    regardless of the native size of :c:type:`short`.
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ The following functions allow marshalled values to be read back in.
 
 .. c:function:: PyObject* PyMarshal_ReadObjectFromFile(FILE *file)
 
-   Return a Python object from the data stream in a :c:type:`FILE\*` opened for
+   Return a Python object from the data stream in a :c:type:`FILE*` opened for
    reading.
 
    On error, sets the appropriate exception (:exc:`EOFError`, :exc:`ValueError`
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ The following functions allow marshalled values to be read back in.
 
 .. c:function:: PyObject* PyMarshal_ReadLastObjectFromFile(FILE *file)
 
-   Return a Python object from the data stream in a :c:type:`FILE\*` opened for
+   Return a Python object from the data stream in a :c:type:`FILE*` opened for
    reading.  Unlike :c:func:`PyMarshal_ReadObjectFromFile`, this function
    assumes that no further objects will be read from the file, allowing it to
    aggressively load file data into memory so that the de-serialization can
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/memory.rst b/Doc/c-api/memory.rst
index 8a8542f0479ec..87425bcf1e71f 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/memory.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/memory.rst
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ zero bytes.
 
 .. c:function:: void* PyMem_RawMalloc(size_t n)
 
-   Allocates *n* bytes and returns a pointer of type :c:type:`void\*` to the
+   Allocates *n* bytes and returns a pointer of type :c:type:`void*` to the
    allocated memory, or ``NULL`` if the request fails.
 
    Requesting zero bytes returns a distinct non-``NULL`` pointer if possible, as
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ zero bytes.
 .. c:function:: void* PyMem_RawCalloc(size_t nelem, size_t elsize)
 
    Allocates *nelem* elements each whose size in bytes is *elsize* and returns
-   a pointer of type :c:type:`void\*` to the allocated memory, or ``NULL`` if the
+   a pointer of type :c:type:`void*` to the allocated memory, or ``NULL`` if the
    request fails. The memory is initialized to zeros.
 
    Requesting zero elements or elements of size zero bytes returns a distinct
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ The :ref:`default memory allocator <default-memory-allocators>` uses the
 
 .. c:function:: void* PyMem_Malloc(size_t n)
 
-   Allocates *n* bytes and returns a pointer of type :c:type:`void\*` to the
+   Allocates *n* bytes and returns a pointer of type :c:type:`void*` to the
    allocated memory, or ``NULL`` if the request fails.
 
    Requesting zero bytes returns a distinct non-``NULL`` pointer if possible, as
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ The :ref:`default memory allocator <default-memory-allocators>` uses the
 .. c:function:: void* PyMem_Calloc(size_t nelem, size_t elsize)
 
    Allocates *nelem* elements each whose size in bytes is *elsize* and returns
-   a pointer of type :c:type:`void\*` to the allocated memory, or ``NULL`` if the
+   a pointer of type :c:type:`void*` to the allocated memory, or ``NULL`` if the
    request fails. The memory is initialized to zeros.
 
    Requesting zero elements or elements of size zero bytes returns a distinct
@@ -233,14 +233,14 @@ The following type-oriented macros are provided for convenience.  Note  that
 .. c:function:: TYPE* PyMem_New(TYPE, size_t n)
 
    Same as :c:func:`PyMem_Malloc`, but allocates ``(n * sizeof(TYPE))`` bytes of
-   memory.  Returns a pointer cast to :c:type:`TYPE\*`.  The memory will not have
+   memory.  Returns a pointer cast to :c:type:`TYPE*`.  The memory will not have
    been initialized in any way.
 
 
 .. c:function:: TYPE* PyMem_Resize(void *p, TYPE, size_t n)
 
    Same as :c:func:`PyMem_Realloc`, but the memory block is resized to ``(n *
-   sizeof(TYPE))`` bytes.  Returns a pointer cast to :c:type:`TYPE\*`. On return,
+   sizeof(TYPE))`` bytes.  Returns a pointer cast to :c:type:`TYPE*`. On return,
    *p* will be a pointer to the new memory area, or ``NULL`` in the event of
    failure.
 
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ The :ref:`default object allocator <default-memory-allocators>` uses the
 
 .. c:function:: void* PyObject_Malloc(size_t n)
 
-   Allocates *n* bytes and returns a pointer of type :c:type:`void\*` to the
+   Allocates *n* bytes and returns a pointer of type :c:type:`void*` to the
    allocated memory, or ``NULL`` if the request fails.
 
    Requesting zero bytes returns a distinct non-``NULL`` pointer if possible, as
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ The :ref:`default object allocator <default-memory-allocators>` uses the
 .. c:function:: void* PyObject_Calloc(size_t nelem, size_t elsize)
 
    Allocates *nelem* elements each whose size in bytes is *elsize* and returns
-   a pointer of type :c:type:`void\*` to the allocated memory, or ``NULL`` if the
+   a pointer of type :c:type:`void*` to the allocated memory, or ``NULL`` if the
    request fails. The memory is initialized to zeros.
 
    Requesting zero elements or elements of size zero bytes returns a distinct
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ Customize Memory Allocators
 
    Enum used to identify an allocator domain. Domains:
 
-   .. c:var:: PYMEM_DOMAIN_RAW
+   .. c:macro:: PYMEM_DOMAIN_RAW
 
       Functions:
 
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ Customize Memory Allocators
       * :c:func:`PyMem_RawCalloc`
       * :c:func:`PyMem_RawFree`
 
-   .. c:var:: PYMEM_DOMAIN_MEM
+   .. c:macro:: PYMEM_DOMAIN_MEM
 
       Functions:
 
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ Customize Memory Allocators
       * :c:func:`PyMem_Calloc`
       * :c:func:`PyMem_Free`
 
-   .. c:var:: PYMEM_DOMAIN_OBJ
+   .. c:macro:: PYMEM_DOMAIN_OBJ
 
       Functions:
 
@@ -519,11 +519,11 @@ Customize pymalloc Arena Allocator
    | ``void free(void *ctx, size_t size, void *ptr)`` | free an arena                         |
    +--------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
 
-.. c:function:: PyObject_GetArenaAllocator(PyObjectArenaAllocator *allocator)
+.. c:function:: void PyObject_GetArenaAllocator(PyObjectArenaAllocator *allocator)
 
    Get the arena allocator.
 
-.. c:function:: PyObject_SetArenaAllocator(PyObjectArenaAllocator *allocator)
+.. c:function:: void PyObject_SetArenaAllocator(PyObjectArenaAllocator *allocator)
 
    Set the arena allocator.
 
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/module.rst b/Doc/c-api/module.rst
index d2b8f4c12503e..f840dd90558cc 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/module.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/module.rst
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ The *m_slots* array must be terminated by a slot with id 0.
 
 The available slot types are:
 
-.. c:var:: Py_mod_create
+.. c:macro:: Py_mod_create
 
    Specifies a function that is called to create the module object itself.
    The *value* pointer of this slot must point to a function of the signature:
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ The available slot types are:
    ``PyModuleDef`` has non-``NULL`` ``m_traverse``, ``m_clear``,
    ``m_free``; non-zero ``m_size``; or slots other than ``Py_mod_create``.
 
-.. c:var:: Py_mod_exec
+.. c:macro:: Py_mod_exec
 
    Specifies a function that is called to *execute* the module.
    This is equivalent to executing the code of a Python module: typically,
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/object.rst b/Doc/c-api/object.rst
index 3bdc0f56eb251..d4e8b7468089c 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/object.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/object.rst
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ Object Protocol
 
    This is the equivalent of the Python expression: ``callable(*args)``.
 
-   Note that if you only pass :c:type:`PyObject \*` args,
+   Note that if you only pass :c:type:`PyObject *` args,
    :c:func:`PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs` is a faster alternative.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.4
@@ -311,17 +311,17 @@ Object Protocol
    This is the equivalent of the Python expression:
    ``obj.name(arg1, arg2, ...)``.
 
-   Note that if you only pass :c:type:`PyObject \*` args,
+   Note that if you only pass :c:type:`PyObject *` args,
    :c:func:`PyObject_CallMethodObjArgs` is a faster alternative.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.4
       The types of *name* and *format* were changed from ``char *``.
 
 
-.. c:function:: PyObject* PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(PyObject *callable, ..., NULL)
+.. c:function:: PyObject* PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(PyObject *callable, ...)
 
    Call a callable Python object *callable*, with a variable number of
-   :c:type:`PyObject\*` arguments.  The arguments are provided as a variable number
+   :c:type:`PyObject*` arguments.  The arguments are provided as a variable number
    of parameters followed by ``NULL``.
 
    Return the result of the call on success, or raise an exception and return
@@ -331,11 +331,11 @@ Object Protocol
    ``callable(arg1, arg2, ...)``.
 
 
-.. c:function:: PyObject* PyObject_CallMethodObjArgs(PyObject *obj, PyObject *name, ..., NULL)
+.. c:function:: PyObject* PyObject_CallMethodObjArgs(PyObject *obj, PyObject *name, ...)
 
    Calls a method of the Python object *obj*, where the name of the method is given as a
    Python string object in *name*.  It is called with a variable number of
-   :c:type:`PyObject\*` arguments.  The arguments are provided as a variable number
+   :c:type:`PyObject*` arguments.  The arguments are provided as a variable number
    of parameters followed by ``NULL``.
 
    Return the result of the call on success, or raise an exception and return
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ Object Protocol
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.8
 
-.. c:var:: PY_VECTORCALL_ARGUMENTS_OFFSET
+.. c:macro:: PY_VECTORCALL_ARGUMENTS_OFFSET
 
    If set in a vectorcall *nargsf* argument, the callee is allowed to
    temporarily change ``args[-1]``. In other words, *args* points to
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ Object Protocol
    is equivalent to the Python expression ``type(o)``. This function increments the
    reference count of the return value. There's really no reason to use this
    function instead of the common expression ``o->ob_type``, which returns a
-   pointer of type :c:type:`PyTypeObject\*`, except when the incremented reference
+   pointer of type :c:type:`PyTypeObject*`, except when the incremented reference
    count is needed.
 
 
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/structures.rst b/Doc/c-api/structures.rst
index 2dc0762ee7fb8..e9c276ce78290 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/structures.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/structures.rst
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ the definition of all other Python objects.
 .. c:type:: PyCFunction
 
    Type of the functions used to implement most Python callables in C.
-   Functions of this type take two :c:type:`PyObject\*` parameters and return
+   Functions of this type take two :c:type:`PyObject*` parameters and return
    one such value.  If the return value is ``NULL``, an exception shall have
    been set.  If not ``NULL``, the return value is interpreted as the return
    value of the function as exposed in Python.  The function must return a new
@@ -151,10 +151,10 @@ the definition of all other Python objects.
    +------------------+---------------+-------------------------------+
 
 The :attr:`ml_meth` is a C function pointer.  The functions may be of different
-types, but they always return :c:type:`PyObject\*`.  If the function is not of
+types, but they always return :c:type:`PyObject*`.  If the function is not of
 the :c:type:`PyCFunction`, the compiler will require a cast in the method table.
 Even though :c:type:`PyCFunction` defines the first parameter as
-:c:type:`PyObject\*`, it is common that the method implementation uses the
+:c:type:`PyObject*`, it is common that the method implementation uses the
 specific C type of the *self* object.
 
 The :attr:`ml_flags` field is a bitfield which can include the following flags.
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ also keyword arguments.  So there are a total of 6 calling conventions:
 .. data:: METH_VARARGS
 
    This is the typical calling convention, where the methods have the type
-   :c:type:`PyCFunction`. The function expects two :c:type:`PyObject\*` values.
+   :c:type:`PyCFunction`. The function expects two :c:type:`PyObject*` values.
    The first one is the *self* object for methods; for module functions, it is
    the module object.  The second parameter (often called *args*) is a tuple
    object representing all arguments. This parameter is typically processed
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ also keyword arguments.  So there are a total of 6 calling conventions:
    Fast calling convention supporting only positional arguments.
    The methods have the type :c:type:`_PyCFunctionFast`.
    The first parameter is *self*, the second parameter is a C array
-   of :c:type:`PyObject\*` values indicating the arguments and the third
+   of :c:type:`PyObject*` values indicating the arguments and the third
    parameter is the number of arguments (the length of the array).
 
    This is not part of the :ref:`limited API <stable>`.
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ also keyword arguments.  So there are a total of 6 calling conventions:
    Extension of :const:`METH_FASTCALL` supporting also keyword arguments,
    with methods of type :c:type:`_PyCFunctionFastWithKeywords`.
    Keyword arguments are passed the same way as in the vectorcall protocol:
-   there is an additional fourth :c:type:`PyObject\*` parameter
+   there is an additional fourth :c:type:`PyObject*` parameter
    which is a tuple representing the names of the keyword arguments
    or possibly ``NULL`` if there are no keywords.  The values of the keyword
    arguments are stored in the *args* array, after the positional arguments.
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ also keyword arguments.  So there are a total of 6 calling conventions:
    Methods with a single object argument can be listed with the :const:`METH_O`
    flag, instead of invoking :c:func:`PyArg_ParseTuple` with a ``"O"`` argument.
    They have the type :c:type:`PyCFunction`, with the *self* parameter, and a
-   :c:type:`PyObject\*` parameter representing the single argument.
+   :c:type:`PyObject*` parameter representing the single argument.
 
 
 These two constants are not used to indicate the calling convention but the
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ definition with the same method name.
    |             |                  | getter and setter                 |
    +-------------+------------------+-----------------------------------+
 
-   The ``get`` function takes one :c:type:`PyObject\*` parameter (the
+   The ``get`` function takes one :c:type:`PyObject*` parameter (the
    instance) and a function pointer (the associated ``closure``)::
 
       typedef PyObject *(*getter)(PyObject *, void *);
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ definition with the same method name.
    It should return a new reference on success or ``NULL`` with a set exception
    on failure.
 
-   ``set`` functions take two :c:type:`PyObject\*` parameters (the instance and
+   ``set`` functions take two :c:type:`PyObject*` parameters (the instance and
    the value to be set) and a function pointer (the associated ``closure``)::
 
       typedef int (*setter)(PyObject *, PyObject *, void *);
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/tuple.rst b/Doc/c-api/tuple.rst
index 25df3974e870e..d7acc4eaa979a 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/tuple.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/tuple.rst
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ type.
 .. c:type:: PyStructSequence_Field
 
    Describes a field of a struct sequence. As a struct sequence is modeled as a
-   tuple, all fields are typed as :c:type:`PyObject\*`.  The index in the
+   tuple, all fields are typed as :c:type:`PyObject*`.  The index in the
    :attr:`fields` array of the :c:type:`PyStructSequence_Desc` determines which
    field of the struct sequence is described.
 
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst b/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst
index 163f599d1c264..3d186231b26b7 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst
@@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@ and :c:type:`PyType_Type` effectively act as defaults.)
 
    The following macro is defined to ease writing rich comparison functions:
 
-   .. c:function:: PyObject \*Py_RETURN_RICHCOMPARE(VAL_A, VAL_B, int op)
+   .. c:macro:: Py_RETURN_RICHCOMPARE(VAL_A, VAL_B, op)
 
       Return ``Py_True`` or ``Py_False`` from the function, depending on the
       result of a comparison.
@@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@ and :c:type:`PyType_Type` effectively act as defaults.)
    than zero and contains the offset in the instance structure of the weak
    reference list head (ignoring the GC header, if present); this offset is used by
    :c:func:`PyObject_ClearWeakRefs` and the :c:func:`PyWeakref_\*` functions.  The
-   instance structure needs to include a field of type :c:type:`PyObject\*` which is
+   instance structure needs to include a field of type :c:type:`PyObject*` which is
    initialized to ``NULL``.
 
    Do not confuse this field with :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_weaklist`; that is the list head for
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst b/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst
index a70b1d0afd2d5..9b68c31e541ae 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ access internal read-only data of Unicode objects:
    .. versionadded:: 3.3
 
 
-.. c:function:: PyUnicode_MAX_CHAR_VALUE(PyObject *o)
+.. c:macro:: PyUnicode_MAX_CHAR_VALUE(o)
 
    Return the maximum code point that is suitable for creating another string
    based on *o*, which must be in the "canonical" representation.  This is
@@ -1498,17 +1498,21 @@ These are the mapping codec APIs:
 
 The following codec API is special in that maps Unicode to Unicode.
 
-.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_Translate(PyObject *unicode, \
-                              PyObject *mapping, const char *errors)
+.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_Translate(PyObject *str, PyObject *table, const char *errors)
 
-   Translate a Unicode object using the given *mapping* object and return the
-   resulting Unicode object.  Return ``NULL`` if an exception was raised by the
+   Translate a string by applying a character mapping table to it and return the
+   resulting Unicode object. Return ``NULL`` if an exception was raised by the
    codec.
 
-   The *mapping* object must map Unicode ordinal integers to Unicode strings,
-   integers (which are then interpreted as Unicode ordinals) or ``None``
-   (causing deletion of the character).  Unmapped character ordinals (ones
-   which cause a :exc:`LookupError`) are left untouched and are copied as-is.
+   The mapping table must map Unicode ordinal integers to Unicode ordinal integers
+   or ``None`` (causing deletion of the character).
+
+   Mapping tables need only provide the :meth:`__getitem__` interface; dictionaries
+   and sequences work well.  Unmapped character ordinals (ones which cause a
+   :exc:`LookupError`) are left untouched and are copied as-is.
+
+   *errors* has the usual meaning for codecs. It may be ``NULL`` which indicates to
+   use the default error handling.
 
 
 .. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_TranslateCharmap(const Py_UNICODE *s, Py_ssize_t size, \
@@ -1611,23 +1615,6 @@ They all return ``NULL`` or ``-1`` if an exception occurs.
    characters are not included in the resulting strings.
 
 
-.. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_Translate(PyObject *str, PyObject *table, \
-                              const char *errors)
-
-   Translate a string by applying a character mapping table to it and return the
-   resulting Unicode object.
-
-   The mapping table must map Unicode ordinal integers to Unicode ordinal integers
-   or ``None`` (causing deletion of the character).
-
-   Mapping tables need only provide the :meth:`__getitem__` interface; dictionaries
-   and sequences work well.  Unmapped character ordinals (ones which cause a
-   :exc:`LookupError`) are left untouched and are copied as-is.
-
-   *errors* has the usual meaning for codecs. It may be ``NULL`` which indicates to
-   use the default error handling.
-
-
 .. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_Join(PyObject *separator, PyObject *seq)
 
    Join a sequence of strings using the given *separator* and return the resulting
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/veryhigh.rst b/Doc/c-api/veryhigh.rst
index 98cea52ab7193..208a14e62a0e3 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/veryhigh.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/veryhigh.rst
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ parameter.  The available start symbols are :const:`Py_eval_input`,
 :const:`Py_file_input`, and :const:`Py_single_input`.  These are described
 following the functions which accept them as parameters.
 
-Note also that several of these functions take :c:type:`FILE\*` parameters.  One
+Note also that several of these functions take :c:type:`FILE*` parameters.  One
 particular issue which needs to be handled carefully is that the :c:type:`FILE`
 structure for different C libraries can be different and incompatible.  Under
 Windows (at least), it is possible for dynamically linked extensions to actually
-use different libraries, so care should be taken that :c:type:`FILE\*` parameters
+use different libraries, so care should be taken that :c:type:`FILE*` parameters
 are only passed to these functions if it is certain that they were created by
 the same library that the Python runtime is using.
 
diff --git a/Doc/conf.py b/Doc/conf.py
index abaa760c98c1a..4cca13b119374 100644
--- a/Doc/conf.py
+++ b/Doc/conf.py
@@ -226,3 +226,13 @@
 
 # Relative filename of the reference count data file.
 refcount_file = 'data/refcounts.dat'
+
+# Sphinx 2 and Sphinx 3 compatibility
+# -----------------------------------
+
+# bpo-40204: Allow Sphinx 2 syntax in the C domain
+c_allow_pre_v3 = True
+
+# bpo-40204: Disable warnings on Sphinx 2 syntax of the C domain since the
+# documentation is built with -W (warnings treated as errors).
+c_warn_on_allowed_pre_v3 = False
diff --git a/Doc/extending/newtypes_tutorial.rst b/Doc/extending/newtypes_tutorial.rst
index 0eb6ffd026f49..4da77e797d222 100644
--- a/Doc/extending/newtypes_tutorial.rst
+++ b/Doc/extending/newtypes_tutorial.rst
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ But this would be risky.  Our type doesn't restrict the type of the
 ``first`` member, so it could be any kind of object.  It could have a
 destructor that causes code to be executed that tries to access the
 ``first`` member; or that destructor could release the
-:term:`Global interpreter Lock` and let arbitrary code run in other
+:term:`Global interpreter Lock <GIL>` and let arbitrary code run in other
 threads that accesses and modifies our object.
 
 To be paranoid and protect ourselves against this possibility, we almost
diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst
index e997d366777b3..7be755e411310 100644
--- a/Doc/glossary.rst
+++ b/Doc/glossary.rst
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ Glossary
       and :class:`tuple`) and some non-sequence types like :class:`dict`,
       :term:`file objects <file object>`, and objects of any classes you define
       with an :meth:`__iter__` method or with a :meth:`__getitem__` method
-      that implements :term:`Sequence` semantics.
+      that implements :term:`Sequence <sequence>` semantics.
 
       Iterables can be
       used in a :keyword:`for` loop and in many other places where a sequence is
diff --git a/Doc/howto/instrumentation.rst b/Doc/howto/instrumentation.rst
index 909deb5fed33f..f0081e4ec2890 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/instrumentation.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/instrumentation.rst
@@ -272,9 +272,7 @@ should instead read:
 Available static markers
 ------------------------
 
-.. I'm reusing the "c:function" type for markers
-
-.. c:function:: function__entry(str filename, str funcname, int lineno)
+.. object:: function__entry(str filename, str funcname, int lineno)
 
    This marker indicates that execution of a Python function has begun.
    It is only triggered for pure-Python (bytecode) functions.
@@ -290,7 +288,7 @@ Available static markers
 
        * ``$arg3`` : ``int`` line number
 
-.. c:function:: function__return(str filename, str funcname, int lineno)
+.. object:: function__return(str filename, str funcname, int lineno)
 
    This marker is the converse of :c:func:`function__entry`, and indicates that
    execution of a Python function has ended (either via ``return``, or via an
@@ -298,7 +296,7 @@ Available static markers
 
    The arguments are the same as for :c:func:`function__entry`
 
-.. c:function:: line(str filename, str funcname, int lineno)
+.. object:: line(str filename, str funcname, int lineno)
 
    This marker indicates a Python line is about to be executed.  It is
    the equivalent of line-by-line tracing with a Python profiler.  It is
@@ -306,24 +304,24 @@ Available static markers
 
    The arguments are the same as for :c:func:`function__entry`.
 
-.. c:function:: gc__start(int generation)
+.. object:: gc__start(int generation)
 
    Fires when the Python interpreter starts a garbage collection cycle.
    ``arg0`` is the generation to scan, like :func:`gc.collect()`.
 
-.. c:function:: gc__done(long collected)
+.. object:: gc__done(long collected)
 
    Fires when the Python interpreter finishes a garbage collection
    cycle. ``arg0`` is the number of collected objects.
 
-.. c:function:: import__find__load__start(str modulename)
+.. object:: import__find__load__start(str modulename)
 
    Fires before :mod:`importlib` attempts to find and load the module.
    ``arg0`` is the module name.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.7
 
-.. c:function:: import__find__load__done(str modulename, int found)
+.. object:: import__find__load__done(str modulename, int found)
 
    Fires after :mod:`importlib`'s find_and_load function is called.
    ``arg0`` is the module name, ``arg1`` indicates if module was
@@ -332,7 +330,7 @@ Available static markers
    .. versionadded:: 3.7
 
 
-.. c:function:: audit(str event, void *tuple)
+.. object:: audit(str event, void *tuple)
 
    Fires when :func:`sys.audit` or :c:func:`PySys_Audit` is called.
    ``arg0`` is the event name as C string, ``arg1`` is a :c:type:`PyObject`
@@ -375,14 +373,14 @@ If this file is installed in SystemTap's tapset directory (e.g.
 ``/usr/share/systemtap/tapset``), then these additional probepoints become
 available:
 
-.. c:function:: python.function.entry(str filename, str funcname, int lineno, frameptr)
+.. object:: python.function.entry(str filename, str funcname, int lineno, frameptr)
 
    This probe point indicates that execution of a Python function has begun.
    It is only triggered for pure-Python (bytecode) functions.
 
-.. c:function:: python.function.return(str filename, str funcname, int lineno, frameptr)
+.. object:: python.function.return(str filename, str funcname, int lineno, frameptr)
 
-   This probe point is the converse of :c:func:`python.function.return`, and
+   This probe point is the converse of ``python.function.return``, and
    indicates that execution of a Python function has ended (either via
    ``return``, or via an exception).  It is only triggered for pure-Python
    (bytecode) functions.
diff --git a/Doc/library/aifc.rst b/Doc/library/aifc.rst
index 7328907730fb1..2e917cf7321b8 100644
--- a/Doc/library/aifc.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/aifc.rst
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ number of frames must be filled in.
 
 
 .. method:: aifc.tell()
+   :noindex:
 
    Return the current write position in the output file.  Useful in combination
    with :meth:`setmark`.
@@ -232,6 +233,7 @@ number of frames must be filled in.
 
 
 .. method:: aifc.close()
+   :noindex:
 
    Close the AIFF file.  The header of the file is updated to reflect the actual
    size of the audio data. After calling this method, the object can no longer be
diff --git a/Doc/library/collections.abc.rst b/Doc/library/collections.abc.rst
index 2a3fb142f7297..dc7ae30b6d2fa 100644
--- a/Doc/library/collections.abc.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/collections.abc.rst
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ ABC                        Inherits from          Abstract Methods        Mixin
    expressions.  Custom implementations must provide the :meth:`__await__`
    method.
 
-   :term:`Coroutine` objects and instances of the
+   :term:`Coroutine <coroutine>` objects and instances of the
    :class:`~collections.abc.Coroutine` ABC are all instances of this ABC.
 
    .. note::
diff --git a/Doc/library/concurrent.futures.rst b/Doc/library/concurrent.futures.rst
index 41d47c7ef1530..88c1d23a55256 100644
--- a/Doc/library/concurrent.futures.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/concurrent.futures.rst
@@ -209,7 +209,8 @@ ProcessPoolExecutor
 The :class:`ProcessPoolExecutor` class is an :class:`Executor` subclass that
 uses a pool of processes to execute calls asynchronously.
 :class:`ProcessPoolExecutor` uses the :mod:`multiprocessing` module, which
-allows it to side-step the :term:`Global Interpreter Lock` but also means that
+allows it to side-step the :term:`Global Interpreter Lock
+<global interpreter lock>` but also means that
 only picklable objects can be executed and returned.
 
 The ``__main__`` module must be importable by worker subprocesses. This means
diff --git a/Doc/library/configparser.rst b/Doc/library/configparser.rst
index 739477f55fddd..2e22a549ee281 100644
--- a/Doc/library/configparser.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/configparser.rst
@@ -674,97 +674,98 @@ be overridden by subclasses or by attribute assignment.
 
 .. attribute:: ConfigParser.BOOLEAN_STATES
 
-  By default when using :meth:`~ConfigParser.getboolean`, config parsers
-  consider the following values ``True``: ``'1'``, ``'yes'``, ``'true'``,
-  ``'on'`` and the following values ``False``: ``'0'``, ``'no'``, ``'false'``,
-  ``'off'``.  You can override this by specifying a custom dictionary of strings
-  and their Boolean outcomes. For example:
-
-  .. doctest::
-
-     >>> custom = configparser.ConfigParser()
-     >>> custom['section1'] = {'funky': 'nope'}
-     >>> custom['section1'].getboolean('funky')
-     Traceback (most recent call last):
-     ...
-     ValueError: Not a boolean: nope
-     >>> custom.BOOLEAN_STATES = {'sure': True, 'nope': False}
-     >>> custom['section1'].getboolean('funky')
-     False
-
-  Other typical Boolean pairs include ``accept``/``reject`` or
-  ``enabled``/``disabled``.
+   By default when using :meth:`~ConfigParser.getboolean`, config parsers
+   consider the following values ``True``: ``'1'``, ``'yes'``, ``'true'``,
+   ``'on'`` and the following values ``False``: ``'0'``, ``'no'``, ``'false'``,
+   ``'off'``.  You can override this by specifying a custom dictionary of strings
+   and their Boolean outcomes. For example:
+
+   .. doctest::
+
+      >>> custom = configparser.ConfigParser()
+      >>> custom['section1'] = {'funky': 'nope'}
+      >>> custom['section1'].getboolean('funky')
+      Traceback (most recent call last):
+      ...
+      ValueError: Not a boolean: nope
+      >>> custom.BOOLEAN_STATES = {'sure': True, 'nope': False}
+      >>> custom['section1'].getboolean('funky')
+      False
+
+   Other typical Boolean pairs include ``accept``/``reject`` or
+   ``enabled``/``disabled``.
 
 .. method:: ConfigParser.optionxform(option)
+   :noindex:
 
-  This method transforms option names on every read, get, or set
-  operation.  The default converts the name to lowercase.  This also
-  means that when a configuration file gets written, all keys will be
-  lowercase.  Override this method if that's unsuitable.
-  For example:
+   This method transforms option names on every read, get, or set
+   operation.  The default converts the name to lowercase.  This also
+   means that when a configuration file gets written, all keys will be
+   lowercase.  Override this method if that's unsuitable.
+   For example:
 
-  .. doctest::
+   .. doctest::
+
+      >>> config = """
+      ... [Section1]
+      ... Key = Value
+      ...
+      ... [Section2]
+      ... AnotherKey = Value
+      ... """
+      >>> typical = configparser.ConfigParser()
+      >>> typical.read_string(config)
+      >>> list(typical['Section1'].keys())
+      ['key']
+      >>> list(typical['Section2'].keys())
+      ['anotherkey']
+      >>> custom = configparser.RawConfigParser()
+      >>> custom.optionxform = lambda option: option
+      >>> custom.read_string(config)
+      >>> list(custom['Section1'].keys())
+      ['Key']
+      >>> list(custom['Section2'].keys())
+      ['AnotherKey']
 
-     >>> config = """
-     ... [Section1]
-     ... Key = Value
-     ...
-     ... [Section2]
-     ... AnotherKey = Value
-     ... """
-     >>> typical = configparser.ConfigParser()
-     >>> typical.read_string(config)
-     >>> list(typical['Section1'].keys())
-     ['key']
-     >>> list(typical['Section2'].keys())
-     ['anotherkey']
-     >>> custom = configparser.RawConfigParser()
-     >>> custom.optionxform = lambda option: option
-     >>> custom.read_string(config)
-     >>> list(custom['Section1'].keys())
-     ['Key']
-     >>> list(custom['Section2'].keys())
-     ['AnotherKey']
-
-  .. note::
-     The optionxform function transforms option names to a canonical form.
-     This should be an idempotent function: if the name is already in
-     canonical form, it should be returned unchanged.
+   .. note::
+      The optionxform function transforms option names to a canonical form.
+      This should be an idempotent function: if the name is already in
+      canonical form, it should be returned unchanged.
 
 
 .. attribute:: ConfigParser.SECTCRE
 
-  A compiled regular expression used to parse section headers.  The default
-  matches ``[section]`` to the name ``"section"``.  Whitespace is considered
-  part of the section name, thus ``[  larch  ]`` will be read as a section of
-  name ``"  larch  "``.  Override this attribute if that's unsuitable.  For
-  example:
+   A compiled regular expression used to parse section headers.  The default
+   matches ``[section]`` to the name ``"section"``.  Whitespace is considered
+   part of the section name, thus ``[  larch  ]`` will be read as a section of
+   name ``"  larch  "``.  Override this attribute if that's unsuitable.  For
+   example:
+
+   .. doctest::
+
+      >>> import re
+      >>> config = """
+      ... [Section 1]
+      ... option = value
+      ...
+      ... [  Section 2  ]
+      ... another = val
+      ... """
+      >>> typical = configparser.ConfigParser()
+      >>> typical.read_string(config)
+      >>> typical.sections()
+      ['Section 1', '  Section 2  ']
+      >>> custom = configparser.ConfigParser()
+      >>> custom.SECTCRE = re.compile(r"\[ *(?P<header>[^]]+?) *\]")
+      >>> custom.read_string(config)
+      >>> custom.sections()
+      ['Section 1', 'Section 2']
 
-  .. doctest::
+   .. note::
 
-     >>> import re
-     >>> config = """
-     ... [Section 1]
-     ... option = value
-     ...
-     ... [  Section 2  ]
-     ... another = val
-     ... """
-     >>> typical = configparser.ConfigParser()
-     >>> typical.read_string(config)
-     >>> typical.sections()
-     ['Section 1', '  Section 2  ']
-     >>> custom = configparser.ConfigParser()
-     >>> custom.SECTCRE = re.compile(r"\[ *(?P<header>[^]]+?) *\]")
-     >>> custom.read_string(config)
-     >>> custom.sections()
-     ['Section 1', 'Section 2']
-
-  .. note::
-
-     While ConfigParser objects also use an ``OPTCRE`` attribute for recognizing
-     option lines, it's not recommended to override it because that would
-     interfere with constructor options *allow_no_value* and *delimiters*.
+      While ConfigParser objects also use an ``OPTCRE`` attribute for recognizing
+      option lines, it's not recommended to override it because that would
+      interfere with constructor options *allow_no_value* and *delimiters*.
 
 
 Legacy API Examples
diff --git a/Doc/library/difflib.rst b/Doc/library/difflib.rst
index ada311bc3a205..0837809df5902 100644
--- a/Doc/library/difflib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/difflib.rst
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ diffs. For comparing directories and files, see also, the :mod:`filecmp` module.
 
 
 .. class:: SequenceMatcher
+   :noindex:
 
    This is a flexible class for comparing pairs of sequences of any type, so long
    as the sequence elements are :term:`hashable`.  The basic algorithm predates, and is a
@@ -648,6 +649,7 @@ The :class:`Differ` class has this constructor:
 
 
 .. class:: Differ(linejunk=None, charjunk=None)
+   :noindex:
 
    Optional keyword parameters *linejunk* and *charjunk* are for filter functions
    (or ``None``):
diff --git a/Doc/library/enum.rst b/Doc/library/enum.rst
index 2649b7d8a51fd..ff1510cdd0e41 100644
--- a/Doc/library/enum.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/enum.rst
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ helper, :class:`auto`.
     the bitwise operations without losing their :class:`Flag` membership.
 
 .. function:: unique
+   :noindex:
 
     Enum class decorator that ensures only one name is bound to any one value.
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.rst
index 2de10435904aa..f205f5fee0544 100644
--- a/Doc/library/importlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/importlib.rst
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ find and load modules.
 
 .. class:: WindowsRegistryFinder
 
-   :term:`Finder` for modules declared in the Windows registry.  This class
+   :term:`Finder <finder>` for modules declared in the Windows registry.  This class
    implements the :class:`importlib.abc.MetaPathFinder` ABC.
 
    Only class methods are defined by this class to alleviate the need for
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ find and load modules.
 
 .. class:: PathFinder
 
-   A :term:`Finder` for :data:`sys.path` and package ``__path__`` attributes.
+   A :term:`Finder <finder>` for :data:`sys.path` and package ``__path__`` attributes.
    This class implements the :class:`importlib.abc.MetaPathFinder` ABC.
 
    Only class methods are defined by this class to alleviate the need for
diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
index bb3ee87a4403a..a0f814ed140a5 100644
--- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ Introduction
 :mod:`multiprocessing` is a package that supports spawning processes using an
 API similar to the :mod:`threading` module.  The :mod:`multiprocessing` package
 offers both local and remote concurrency, effectively side-stepping the
-:term:`Global Interpreter Lock` by using subprocesses instead of threads.  Due
+:term:`Global Interpreter Lock <global interpreter lock>` by using
+subprocesses instead of threads.  Due
 to this, the :mod:`multiprocessing` module allows the programmer to fully
 leverage multiple processors on a given machine.  It runs on both Unix and
 Windows.
diff --git a/Doc/library/pkgutil.rst b/Doc/library/pkgutil.rst
index 78a5157345858..9a24e7a70c01e 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pkgutil.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pkgutil.rst
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ support.
 
 .. class:: ImpLoader(fullname, file, filename, etc)
 
-   :term:`Loader` that wraps Python's "classic" import algorithm.
+   :term:`Loader <loader>` that wraps Python's "classic" import algorithm.
 
    .. deprecated:: 3.3
       This emulation is no longer needed, as the standard import mechanism
diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst
index c72f22b5f6699..9ab050e8ab82c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/socket.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst
@@ -1627,7 +1627,9 @@ to sockets.
 
 .. method:: socket.setsockopt(level, optname, value: int)
 .. method:: socket.setsockopt(level, optname, value: buffer)
+   :noindex:
 .. method:: socket.setsockopt(level, optname, None, optlen: int)
+   :noindex:
 
    .. index:: module: struct
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/string.rst b/Doc/library/string.rst
index fa906f799c108..62e86d6dd9706 100644
--- a/Doc/library/string.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/string.rst
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ non-empty format specification typically modifies the result.
 
 The general form of a *standard format specifier* is:
 
-.. productionlist:: sf
+.. productionlist::
    format_spec: [[`fill`]`align`][`sign`][#][0][`width`][`grouping_option`][.`precision`][`type`]
    fill: <any character>
    align: "<" | ">" | "=" | "^"
diff --git a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
index d60f1c8a5f2d8..87c36aa4a2cbc 100644
--- a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ Some facts and figures:
 
 
 .. class:: TarFile
+   :noindex:
 
    Class for reading and writing tar archives. Do not use this class directly:
    use :func:`tarfile.open` instead. See :ref:`tarfile-objects`.
diff --git a/Doc/library/threading.rst b/Doc/library/threading.rst
index f4b58d3d3aebb..4c78e6e12056a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/threading.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/threading.rst
@@ -395,7 +395,8 @@ since it is impossible to detect the termination of alien threads.
 
 .. impl-detail::
 
-   In CPython, due to the :term:`Global Interpreter Lock`, only one thread
+   In CPython, due to the :term:`Global Interpreter Lock
+   <global interpreter lock>`, only one thread
    can execute Python code at once (even though certain performance-oriented
    libraries might overcome this limitation).
    If you want your application to make better use of the computational
diff --git a/Doc/library/token.rst b/Doc/library/token.rst
index dab8f0fa9b64f..7f598cd38d7f8 100644
--- a/Doc/library/token.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/token.rst
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ the :mod:`tokenize` module.
 
 
 .. data:: TYPE_COMMENT
+   :noindex:
 
    Token value indicating that a type comment was recognized.  Such
    tokens are only produced when :func:`ast.parse()` is invoked with
diff --git a/Doc/library/turtle.rst b/Doc/library/turtle.rst
index fed85045435b1..d3487537df99a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/turtle.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/turtle.rst
@@ -1069,6 +1069,7 @@ More drawing control
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 .. function:: reset()
+   :noindex:
 
    Delete the turtle's drawings from the screen, re-center the turtle and set
    variables to the default values.
@@ -1090,6 +1091,7 @@ More drawing control
 
 
 .. function:: clear()
+   :noindex:
 
    Delete the turtle's drawings from the screen.  Do not move turtle.  State and
    position of the turtle as well as drawings of other turtles are not affected.
@@ -1362,6 +1364,7 @@ Using events
 ------------
 
 .. function:: onclick(fun, btn=1, add=None)
+   :noindex:
 
    :param fun: a function with two arguments which will be called with the
                coordinates of the clicked point on the canvas
diff --git a/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst b/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst
index adc0593e8094a..0edf116fe754f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ tracking URIs for which authentication credentials should always be sent.
    If *is_authenticated* is specified as ``True``, *realm* is ignored.
 
 
-.. method:: HTTPPasswordMgr.find_user_password(realm, authuri)
+.. method:: HTTPPasswordMgrWithPriorAuth.find_user_password(realm, authuri)
 
    Same as for :class:`HTTPPasswordMgrWithDefaultRealm` objects
 
diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
index d364e61b8cf46..c1262cdb9c106 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
@@ -2596,7 +2596,7 @@ Awaitable Objects
 -----------------
 
 An :term:`awaitable` object generally implements an :meth:`__await__` method.
-:term:`Coroutine` objects returned from :keyword:`async def` functions
+:term:`Coroutine objects <coroutine>` returned from :keyword:`async def` functions
 are awaitable.
 
 .. note::
@@ -2621,7 +2621,7 @@ are awaitable.
 Coroutine Objects
 -----------------
 
-:term:`Coroutine` objects are :term:`awaitable` objects.
+:term:`Coroutine objects <coroutine>` are :term:`awaitable` objects.
 A coroutine's execution can be controlled by calling :meth:`__await__` and
 iterating over the result.  When the coroutine has finished executing and
 returns, the iterator raises :exc:`StopIteration`, and the exception's
diff --git a/Doc/reference/introduction.rst b/Doc/reference/introduction.rst
index bb7e3906dba60..62480bd7dd9a6 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/introduction.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/introduction.rst
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Notation
 The descriptions of lexical analysis and syntax use a modified BNF grammar
 notation.  This uses the following style of definition:
 
-.. productionlist:: *
+.. productionlist::
    name: `lc_letter` (`lc_letter` | "_")*
    lc_letter: "a"..."z"
 
diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
index 685552f99f440..0d780e3ba8964 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ defines :meth:`__next__`, then :meth:`__iter__` can just return ``self``::
 Generators
 ==========
 
-:term:`Generator`\s are a simple and powerful tool for creating iterators.  They
+:term:`Generators <generator>` are a simple and powerful tool for creating iterators.  They
 are written like regular functions but use the :keyword:`yield` statement
 whenever they want to return data.  Each time :func:`next` is called on it, the
 generator resumes where it left off (it remembers all the data values and which
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst
index ca3eda05c515a..06bee9966c0be 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst
@@ -2311,7 +2311,7 @@ Multi-threading
 ===============
 
 * The mechanism for serializing execution of concurrently running Python threads
-  (generally known as the :term:`GIL` or :term:`Global Interpreter Lock`) has
+  (generally known as the :term:`GIL` or Global Interpreter Lock) has
   been rewritten.  Among the objectives were more predictable switching
   intervals and reduced overhead due to lock contention and the number of
   ensuing system calls.  The notion of a "check interval" to allow thread
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
index f1a033c6dae61..361e6db07c3cd 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
@@ -2309,9 +2309,9 @@ Encoders:
   :c:func:`PyUnicode_AsUTF8String`
 * :c:func:`PyUnicode_EncodeUTF32`
 * :c:func:`PyUnicode_EncodeUTF16`
-* :c:func:`PyUnicode_EncodeUnicodeEscape:` use
+* :c:func:`PyUnicode_EncodeUnicodeEscape` use
   :c:func:`PyUnicode_AsUnicodeEscapeString`
-* :c:func:`PyUnicode_EncodeRawUnicodeEscape:` use
+* :c:func:`PyUnicode_EncodeRawUnicodeEscape` use
   :c:func:`PyUnicode_AsRawUnicodeEscapeString`
 * :c:func:`PyUnicode_EncodeLatin1`: use :c:func:`PyUnicode_AsLatin1String`
 * :c:func:`PyUnicode_EncodeASCII`: use :c:func:`PyUnicode_AsASCIIString`
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
index b4540ac1dd902..1defee4090f28 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ uses were to provide type hints to function parameters and return values.  It
 became evident that it would be beneficial for Python users, if the
 standard library included the base definitions and tools for type annotations.
 
-:pep:`484` introduces a :term:`provisional module <provisional api>` to
+:pep:`484` introduces a :term:`provisional module <provisional API>` to
 provide these standard definitions and tools, along with some conventions
 for situations where annotations are not available.
 
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ New Modules
 typing
 ------
 
-The new :mod:`typing` :term:`provisional <provisional api>` module
+The new :mod:`typing` :term:`provisional <provisional API>` module
 provides standard definitions and tools for function type annotations.
 See :ref:`Type Hints <whatsnew-pep-484>` for more information.
 
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ Steven Bethard, paul j3 and Daniel Eriksson in :issue:`14910`.)
 asyncio
 -------
 
-Since the :mod:`asyncio` module is :term:`provisional <provisional api>`,
+Since the :mod:`asyncio` module is :term:`provisional <provisional API>`,
 all changes introduced in Python 3.5 have also been backported to Python 3.4.x.
 
 Notable changes in the :mod:`asyncio` module since Python 3.4.0:
@@ -1867,7 +1867,7 @@ A new :func:`~sys.set_coroutine_wrapper` function allows setting a global
 hook that will be called whenever a :term:`coroutine object <coroutine>`
 is created by an :keyword:`async def` function.  A corresponding
 :func:`~sys.get_coroutine_wrapper` can be used to obtain a currently set
-wrapper.  Both functions are :term:`provisional <provisional api>`,
+wrapper.  Both functions are :term:`provisional <provisional API>`,
 and are intended for debugging purposes only.  (Contributed by Yury Selivanov
 in :issue:`24017`.)
 
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
index 04c1f7e71db32..85a6657fdfbda 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
@@ -1597,7 +1597,7 @@ to filter block traces by their address space (domain).
 typing
 ------
 
-Since the :mod:`typing` module is :term:`provisional <provisional api>`,
+Since the :mod:`typing` module is :term:`provisional <provisional API>`,
 all changes introduced in Python 3.6 have also been
 backported to Python 3.5.x.
 
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
index 013f14dd9da16..4933cba3990b1 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ The :mod:`asyncio` module has received many new features, usability and
 :ref:`performance improvements <whatsnew37-asyncio-perf>`.  Notable changes
 include:
 
-* The new :term:`provisional <provisional api>` :func:`asyncio.run` function can
+* The new :term:`provisional <provisional API>` :func:`asyncio.run` function can
   be used to run a coroutine from synchronous code by automatically creating and
   destroying the event loop.
   (Contributed by Yury Selivanov in :issue:`32314`.)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-08-12-18-35-40.bpo-40204.C8A_pe.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-08-12-18-35-40.bpo-40204.C8A_pe.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..152f6c98b9004
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-08-12-18-35-40.bpo-40204.C8A_pe.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Enable Sphinx 3.2 ``c_allow_pre_v3`` option and disable
+``c_warn_on_allowed_pre_v3`` option to make the documentation compatible
+with Sphinx 2 and Sphinx 3.



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