diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b19f8bb0..2cdcdb8c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ coverage.xml
 
 # Sphinx documentation
 docs/_build/
+_build_html/
 
 # PyBuilder
 target/
diff --git a/pykern/package_data/projex/dot-gitignore.jinja b/pykern/package_data/projex/dot-gitignore.jinja
index f066f142..1dafe359 100644
--- a/pykern/package_data/projex/dot-gitignore.jinja
+++ b/pykern/package_data/projex/dot-gitignore.jinja
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ coverage.xml
 
 # Sphinx documentation
 docs/_build/
+_build_html/
 
 # PyBuilder
 target/
diff --git a/pykern/pkcli/sphinx.py b/pykern/pkcli/sphinx.py
index 804205e8..2b632d57 100644
--- a/pykern/pkcli/sphinx.py
+++ b/pykern/pkcli/sphinx.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def _year(rv):
     v = _parse_metadata()
     pykern.pkio.write_text(d.join("conf.py"), _conf(v))
     pykern.pksubprocess.check_call_with_signals(
-        ("sphinx-apidoc", "--force", "-o", d.basename, v.name),
+        ("sphinx-apidoc", "--force", "--module-first", "-o", d.basename, v.name),
     )