diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index a1c0ff12..5591eb25 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -135,10 +135,6 @@ html_static_path = ['_static']
 # using the given strftime format.
 #html_last_updated_fmt = '%b %d, %Y'
 
-# If true, SmartyPants will be used to convert quotes and dashes to
-# typographically correct entities.
-#html_use_smartypants = True
-
 # Custom sidebar templates, maps document names to template names.
 #html_sidebars = {}
 
diff --git a/docs/docutils.conf b/docs/docutils.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..42e9d6f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/docutils.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[restructuredtext parser]
+smart_quotes=no
+