diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 0a596f74..ed8a28f0 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@
     html_theme = 'default'
 
 # intersphinx configuration
-intersphinx_mapping = {'http://docs.python.org/': None,
-                       'http://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy': None}
+intersphinx_mapping = {'python': ['http://docs.python.org/', None],
+                       'scipy': ['http://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy', None] }