diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 21efccf71..82f0112dd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 # Sphinx
 _build
-#doc/source/api/
+doc/source/contributor/api/
 
 # release notes build
 releasenotes/build
@@ -39,5 +39,4 @@ ChangeLog
 *~
 
 # Vagrant
-.vagrant
-doc/source/api/
+.vagrant
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index 94d13147d..c69f8cc90 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ enable both the **ironic** and the **ironic-inspector**. You can start with the
 Example local.conf
 ------------------
 
-.. literalinclude:: ../../devstack/example.local.conf
+.. literalinclude:: ../../../devstack/example.local.conf
 
 
 Notes
diff --git a/doc/source/contributing.rst b/doc/source/contributing.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index e9e65340a..000000000
--- a/doc/source/contributing.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-.. _contributing_link:
-
-.. include:: ../../CONTRIBUTING.rst
diff --git a/doc/source/contributor/index.rst b/doc/source/contributor/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac9f2210b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/contributor/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+.. _contributing_link:
+
+.. include:: ../../../CONTRIBUTING.rst
+
+Python API
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. toctree::
+  :maxdepth: 1
+
+  api/autoindex
diff --git a/doc/source/index.rst b/doc/source/index.rst
index d2392152a..e03c3350d 100644
--- a/doc/source/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/index.rst
@@ -20,21 +20,13 @@ Admin Guide
   Installation <install>
   Upgrade <upgrade>
 
-Developer Guide
-===============
+Contributor
+===========
 
 .. toctree::
-  :maxdepth: 2
+   :maxdepth: 2
 
-  Contributing <contributing>
-
-Python API
-----------
-
-.. toctree::
-  :maxdepth: 1
-
-  api/autoindex
+   contributor/index
 
 Indices and tables
 ==================
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 2e85ee1b0..c6d9735e1 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -98,3 +98,4 @@ autodoc_exclude_modules =
     ironic_inspector.migrations.*
     ironic_inspector.test.*
     ironic.common.i18n
+api_doc_dir = contributor/api