diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 16c5165296..09eb276ca0 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 # List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
 # directories to ignore when looking for source files.
 # This pattern also affects html_static_path and html_extra_path .
-exclude_patterns = []
+exclude_patterns = ["docs_index.rst"]
 
 # -- Options for HTML output -------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/source/docs_index.rst b/docs/source/docs_index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dbbf95af83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/docs_index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+**********************
+Flytekit API Reference
+**********************
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+
+   design/index
+   flytekit
+   configuration
+   remote
+   clients
+   testing
+   extras.accelerators
+   extend
+   deck
+   plugins/index
+   tasks.extend
+   types.extend
+   experimental
+   pyflyte
+   contributing
diff --git a/docs/source/index.rst b/docs/source/index.rst
index 7262d7668e..d4d0730236 100644
--- a/docs/source/index.rst
+++ b/docs/source/index.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+.. DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
+   This file is the index for the old flytekit documentation. The index for the monodocs is now
+   at `docs_index.rst`. Please edit that file if you want to add new entries to the flytekit api
+   documentation.
+
 .. simpleble documentation master file, created by
    sphinx-quickstart on Fri Mar  9 04:07:53 2018.
    You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least