diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index c04545cd..32528f86 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -27,9 +27,13 @@
                 url='https://peps.python.org/pep-{pep_number:0>4}/',
             ),
             dict(
-                pattern=r'(python/cpython#|Python #|py-)(?P<python>\d+)',
+                pattern=r'(python/cpython#|Python #)(?P<python>\d+)',
                 url='https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/{python}',
             ),
+            dict(
+                pattern=r'bpo-(?P<bpo>\d+)',
+                url='http://bugs.python.org/issue{bpo}',
+            ),
         ],
     )
 }