diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitignore b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitignore
index f45794b2d1bbc0230611267ca593c7a167d06027..134043c29d46f3f8dd2568a552af930d9fd05f77 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitignore
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitignore
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ reports
 doc/_build/
 doc/auto_examples/
 doc/modules/
+!doc/modules/.gitkeep
 doc/api
 
 # Virtual env
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/doc/conf.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/doc/conf.py
index 79e91d49e46a40e10f9b507a523ee72147f59d27..8c25c540e3e102c61e0033ea32f1f8d5d44a51f1 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/doc/conf.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/doc/conf.py
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ templates_path = ['_templates']
 exclude_patterns = ['_build', 'Thumbs.db', '.DS_Store', 'version.py']
 
 # AutoAPI
-autoapi_type = 'python'
+autoapi_type = "python"
 autoapi_dirs = ['../{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}']
-autoapi_ignore = ['*version.py*']
-autoapi_add_toctree_entry = True
+autoapi_options = ["members", "undoc-members", "show-module-summary"]
+autoapi_include_summaries = True
 
 # Gallery
 sphinx_gallery_conf = {