diff --git a/doc/usage/extensions/napoleon.rst b/doc/usage/extensions/napoleon.rst
index 066c56e2d..bd2bcad3f 100644
--- a/doc/usage/extensions/napoleon.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/extensions/napoleon.rst
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ sure that "sphinx.ext.napoleon" is enabled in `conf.py`::
     napoleon_use_ivar = False
     napoleon_use_param = True
     napoleon_use_rtype = True
+    napoleon_preprocess_types = False
     napoleon_type_aliases = None
     napoleon_attr_annotations = True
 
@@ -510,6 +511,16 @@ sure that "sphinx.ext.napoleon" is enabled in `conf.py`::
 
        :returns: *bool* -- True if successful, False otherwise
 
+.. confval:: napoleon_preprocess_types
+
+   True to convert the type definitions in the docstrings as references.
+   Defaults to *True*.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.2.1
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.5
+
+      Do preprocess the Google style docstrings also.
+
 .. confval:: napoleon_type_aliases
 
    A mapping to translate type names to other names or references. Works
@@ -570,4 +581,4 @@ sure that "sphinx.ext.napoleon" is enabled in `conf.py`::
 
    .. versionadded:: 1.8
    .. versionchanged:: 3.5
-      Support ``params_style`` and ``returns_style``
\ No newline at end of file
+      Support ``params_style`` and ``returns_style``
diff --git a/sphinx/ext/napoleon/__init__.py b/sphinx/ext/napoleon/__init__.py
index ba8f62a18..8e513a9d0 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/napoleon/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/napoleon/__init__.py
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ class Config:
             :returns: *bool* -- True if successful, False otherwise
 
     napoleon_preprocess_types : :obj:`bool` (Defaults to False)
-        Enable the type preprocessor for numpy style docstrings.
+        Enable the type preprocessor.
 
     napoleon_type_aliases : :obj:`dict` (Defaults to None)
         Add a mapping of strings to string, translating types in numpy