diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index dafbe5e6..7a4c9df8 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -1,46 +1,40 @@
+# This file only contains a selection of the most common options. For a full
+# list see the documentation:
 #
-# Bleach documentation build configuration file, created by
-# sphinx-quickstart on Fri May 11 21:11:39 2012.
-#
-# This file is execfile()d with the current directory set to its containing dir.
-#
-# Note that not all possible configuration values are present in this
-# autogenerated file.
-#
-# All configuration values have a default; values that are commented out
-# serve to show the default.
+# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html
+
+
+# -- Path setup --------------------------------------------------------------
 
 import os
 import sys
 
+# Add parent directory so we can import bleach
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('..'))
 
 import bleach  # noqa
 
-# -- General configuration -----------------------------------------------------
+# -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
+
+project = "Bleach"
+copyright = "2012-2015, James Socol; 2015-2017, Mozilla Foundation"
+author = "Mozilla Foundation"
 
-# If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
-# needs_sphinx = '1.0'
 
-# Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be extensions
-# coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom ones.
+# -- General configuration -----------------------------------------------------
+
+# Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be
+# extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
+# ones.
 extensions = ['sphinx.ext.autodoc', 'sphinx.ext.viewcode', 'sphinx.ext.doctest']
 
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
 templates_path = ['_templates']
 
-# The suffix of source filenames.
-source_suffix = '.rst'
-
-# The encoding of source files.
-# source_encoding = 'utf-8-sig'
-
-# The master toctree document.
-master_doc = 'index'
-
-# General information about the project.
-project = 'Bleach'
-copyright = '2012-2015, James Socol; 2015-2017, Mozilla Foundation'
+# List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
+# directories to ignore when looking for source files.
+# This pattern also affects html_static_path and html_extra_path.
+exclude_patterns = ['_build']
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
@@ -51,43 +45,9 @@
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
 release = bleach.__version__ + ' ' + bleach.__releasedate__
 
-# The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
-# for a list of supported languages.
-# language = None
-
-# There are two options for replacing |today|: either, you set today to some
-# non-false value, then it is used:
-# today = ''
-# Else, today_fmt is used as the format for a strftime call.
-# today_fmt = '%B %d, %Y'
-
-# List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
-# directories to ignore when looking for source files.
-exclude_patterns = ['_build']
-
-# The reST default role (used for this markup: `text`) to use for all documents.
-# default_role = None
-
-# If true, '()' will be appended to :func: etc. cross-reference text.
-# add_function_parentheses = True
-
-# If true, the current module name will be prepended to all description
-# unit titles (such as .. function::).
-# add_module_names = True
-
-# If true, sectionauthor and moduleauthor directives will be shown in the
-# output. They are ignored by default.
-# show_authors = False
-
 # The name of the Pygments (syntax highlighting) style to use.
 pygments_style = 'sphinx'
 
-# A list of ignored prefixes for module index sorting.
-# modindex_common_prefix = []
-
-
-# -- Options for autodoc -----------
-
 # Display the class docstring and __init__ docstring concatenated
 autoclass_content = 'both'
 # Reduce complexity of function signatures by not evaluating the argument
@@ -102,43 +62,11 @@
 # a list of builtin themes.
 html_theme = 'alabaster'
 
-# Theme options are theme-specific and customize the look and feel of a theme
-# further.  For a list of options available for each theme, see the
-# documentation.
-#html_theme_options = {}
-
-# Add any paths that contain custom themes here, relative to this directory.
-#html_theme_path = []
-
-# The name for this set of Sphinx documents.  If None, it defaults to
-# "<project> v<release> documentation".
-#html_title = None
-
-# A shorter title for the navigation bar.  Default is the same as html_title.
-#html_short_title = None
-
-# The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top
-# of the sidebar.
-#html_logo = None
-
-# The name of an image file (within the static path) to use as favicon of the
-# docs.  This file should be a Windows icon file (.ico) being 16x16 or 32x32
-# pixels large.
-#html_favicon = None
-
 # Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
 # relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
 # so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
 html_static_path = ['_static']
 
-# If not '', a 'Last updated on:' timestamp is inserted at every page bottom,
-# 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
-
 # Custom sidebar templates, maps document names to template names.
 html_sidebars = {
     '**': [
@@ -148,111 +76,3 @@
         'searchbox.html',
     ]
 }
-
-# Additional templates that should be rendered to pages, maps page names to
-# template names.
-#html_additional_pages = {}
-
-# If false, no module index is generated.
-#html_domain_indices = True
-
-# If false, no index is generated.
-#html_use_index = True
-
-# If true, the index is split into individual pages for each letter.
-#html_split_index = False
-
-# If true, links to the reST sources are added to the pages.
-#html_show_sourcelink = True
-
-# If true, "Created using Sphinx" is shown in the HTML footer. Default is True.
-#html_show_sphinx = True
-
-# If true, "(C) Copyright ..." is shown in the HTML footer. Default is True.
-#html_show_copyright = True
-
-# If true, an OpenSearch description file will be output, and all pages will
-# contain a <link> tag referring to it.  The value of this option must be the
-# base URL from which the finished HTML is served.
-#html_use_opensearch = ''
-
-# This is the file name suffix for HTML files (e.g. ".xhtml").
-#html_file_suffix = None
-
-# Output file base name for HTML help builder.
-htmlhelp_basename = 'Bleachdoc'
-
-
-# -- Options for LaTeX output --------------------------------------------------
-
-latex_elements = {
-# The paper size ('letterpaper' or 'a4paper').
-#'papersize': 'letterpaper',
-
-# The font size ('10pt', '11pt' or '12pt').
-#'pointsize': '10pt',
-
-# Additional stuff for the LaTeX preamble.
-#'preamble': '',
-}
-
-# Grouping the document tree into LaTeX files. List of tuples
-# (source start file, target name, title, author, documentclass [howto/manual]).
-latex_documents = [
-  ('index', 'Bleach.tex', 'Bleach Documentation',
-   'Will Kahn-Greene', 'manual'),
-]
-
-# The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top of
-# the title page.
-#latex_logo = None
-
-# For "manual" documents, if this is true, then toplevel headings are parts,
-# not chapters.
-#latex_use_parts = False
-
-# If true, show page references after internal links.
-#latex_show_pagerefs = False
-
-# If true, show URL addresses after external links.
-#latex_show_urls = False
-
-# Documents to append as an appendix to all manuals.
-#latex_appendices = []
-
-# If false, no module index is generated.
-#latex_domain_indices = True
-
-
-# -- Options for manual page output --------------------------------------------
-
-# One entry per manual page. List of tuples
-# (source start file, name, description, authors, manual section).
-man_pages = [
-    ('index', 'bleach', 'Bleach Documentation',
-     ['Will Kahn-Greene'], 1)
-]
-
-# If true, show URL addresses after external links.
-#man_show_urls = False
-
-
-# -- Options for Texinfo output ------------------------------------------------
-
-# Grouping the document tree into Texinfo files. List of tuples
-# (source start file, target name, title, author,
-#  dir menu entry, description, category)
-texinfo_documents = [
-  ('index', 'Bleach', 'Bleach Documentation',
-   'Will Kahn-Greene', 'Bleach', 'One line description of project.',
-   'Miscellaneous'),
-]
-
-# Documents to append as an appendix to all manuals.
-#texinfo_appendices = []
-
-# If false, no module index is generated.
-#texinfo_domain_indices = True
-
-# How to display URL addresses: 'footnote', 'no', or 'inline'.
-#texinfo_show_urls = 'footnote'