diff --git a/docs/source/static/.empty.txt b/docs/source/_static/.empty.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/source/static/.empty.txt
rename to docs/source/_static/.empty.txt
diff --git a/docs/source/templates/localtoc.html b/docs/source/_templates/localtoc.html
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/source/templates/localtoc.html
rename to docs/source/_templates/localtoc.html
diff --git a/docs/source/templates/sourcelink.html b/docs/source/_templates/sourcelink.html
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/source/templates/sourcelink.html
rename to docs/source/_templates/sourcelink.html
diff --git a/docs/source/templates/versioning.html b/docs/source/_templates/versioning.html
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rename from docs/source/templates/versioning.html
rename to docs/source/_templates/versioning.html
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index d4eeee3656..435fdea0e9 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ extensions = [
 autosectionlabel_prefix_document = True
 
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
-templates_path = ['templates']
+templates_path = ['_templates']
 # Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
 # relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
 # so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
-html_static_path = ['static']
+html_static_path = ['_static']
 
 # Custom extras for sidebar
 html_sidebars = {