diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 31b0444248b7845a6fc78f1aee93bd1d54aae284..a3c365c31e58606247b272fabd3b4de25349c0c9 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -1,24 +1,7 @@
-# grudge documentation build configuration file, created by
-# sphinx-quickstart on Sun Sep 27 13:08:30 2015.
-#
-# 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.
-
 import sys  # noqa
 import os  # noqa
 import shlex  # noqa
 
-# If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
-# add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
-# documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
-#sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath("."))
-
 # -- General configuration ------------------------------------------------
 
 # If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
@@ -125,185 +108,7 @@ todo_include_todos = False
 
 html_theme = "furo"
 
-html_theme_options = {
-        }
-
-html_sidebars = {
-        }
-
-
-# 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"]
-
-# Add any extra paths that contain custom files (such as robots.txt or
-# .htaccess) here, relative to this directory. These files are copied
-# directly to the root of the documentation.
-#html_extra_path = []
-
-# 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 = {}
-
-# 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
-
-# Language to be used for generating the HTML full-text search index.
-# Sphinx supports the following languages:
-#   "da", "de", "en", "es", "fi", "fr", "hu", "it", "ja"
-#   "nl", "no", "pt", "ro", "ru", "sv", "tr"
-#html_search_language = "en"
-
-# A dictionary with options for the search language support, empty by default.
-# Now only "ja" uses this config value
-#html_search_options = {"type": "default"}
-
-# The name of a javascript file (relative to the configuration directory) that
-# implements a search results scorer. If empty, the default will be used.
-#html_search_scorer = "scorer.js"
-
-# Output file base name for HTML help builder.
-htmlhelp_basename = "grudgedoc"
-
-# -- 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": "",
-
-    # Latex figure (float) alignment
-    #"figure_align": "htbp",
-    }
-
-# Grouping the document tree into LaTeX files. List of tuples
-# (source start file, target name, title,
-#  author, documentclass [howto, manual, or own class]).
-latex_documents = [
-    (master_doc, "grudge.tex", "grudge Documentation",
-     "Andreas Kloeckner", "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 = [
-    (master_doc, "grudge", "grudge Documentation",
-     [author], 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 = [
-    (master_doc, "grudge", "grudge Documentation",
-     author, "grudge", "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"
-
-# If true, do not generate a @detailmenu in the "Top" node"s menu.
-#texinfo_no_detailmenu = False
+html_theme_options = {}
 
 
 # Example configuration for intersphinx: refer to the Python standard library.
@@ -317,3 +122,5 @@ intersphinx_mapping = {
     "https://documen.tician.de/loopy/": None,
     }
 autoclass_content = "class"
+autodoc_typehints = "description"
+