diff --git a/doc/ext/appapi.rst b/doc/ext/appapi.rst
index c194a8416..a6393d408 100644
--- a/doc/ext/appapi.rst
+++ b/doc/ext/appapi.rst
@@ -483,6 +483,8 @@ Use this to adapt your extension to API changes in Sphinx.
 The template bridge
 -------------------
 
+.. currentmodule:: sphinx.application
+
 .. autoclass:: TemplateBridge
    :members: