[1.10.x] Fixed docs build with Sphinx 1.6.

Backport of f370bfb10878918eae8db9985e0856949fa65d3a from master

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 5f57ce57e2..6671190cb5 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ extensions = [
 # Add it only if spelling check is requested so docs can be generated without it.
 if 'spelling' in sys.argv:
     extensions.append("sphinxcontrib.spelling")
+    # Workaround for https://bitbucket.org/dhellmann/sphinxcontrib-spelling/issues/13
+    html_use_smartypants = False
 
 # Spelling language.
 spelling_lang = 'en_US'
@@ -188,10 +190,6 @@ html_theme_path = ["_theme"]
 # using the given strftime format.
 html_last_updated_fmt = '%b %d, %Y'
 
-# If true, SmartyPants will be used to convert quotes and dashes to
-# typographically correct entities.
-html_use_smartypants = True
-
 # Content template for the index page.
 # html_index = ''