diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 9ae7ae605..3d6f480e0 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ extensions = [
 
 intersphinx_mapping = {"python": ("https://docs.python.org/3", None)}
 
+# io.BytesIO is incorrectly converted to _io.BytesIO, this alias prevents that
+autodoc_type_aliases = {
+    "BytesIO": "~io.BytesIO",
+}
+
 # The suffix(es) of source filenames.
 # You can specify multiple suffix as a list of string:
 # source_suffix = ['.rst', '.md']