Generate API documentation in the _api folder

.gitignore

@@ -10,5 +10,4 @@ settings.py
 .idea/*
 .cache/*
 docs/_build/
-docs/sanic.rst
-docs/modules.rst
+docs/_api/

docs/contributing.md

@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@ Sanic's documentation is built using [sphinx](http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/1.5.1
 To generate the documentation from scratch:
 
 ```bash
-rm -f docs/sanic.rst
-rm -f docs/modules.rst
-sphinx-apidoc -o docs/ sanic
+rm -f docs/_api/*
+sphinx-apidoc -o docs/_api/ sanic
 sphinx-build -b html docs docs/_build
 ```
 

docs/index.rst

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Module Documentation
 
 .. toctree::
 
-   Module Reference <sanic>
+   Module Reference <_api/sanic>
 
 * :ref:`genindex`
 * :ref:`search`