diff --git a/docs/sphinx/conf.py b/docs/sphinx/conf.py
index e6de8996802..30219be29fa 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx/conf.py
+++ b/docs/sphinx/conf.py
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ def setup(app):
     ('cpp:identifier', 'BinarySymplecticForm'),
     ('cpp:identifier', 'CountsDictionary'),
     ('cpp:identifier', 'QuakeValueOrNumericType'),
+    ('cpp:identifier', 'cudaq::ctrl'),
     ('py:class', 'function'),
     ('py:class', 'type'),
     ('py:class', 'cudaq::spin_op'),