diff --git a/bob/bio/base/database/database.py b/bob/bio/base/database/database.py
index b445f9919834996dc513d9bb17eb50da5c75b6fd..fe89c8a192173775339a3269043d3ff941894346 100644
--- a/bob/bio/base/database/database.py
+++ b/bob/bio/base/database/database.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class BioDatabase(six.with_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta, bob.db.base.Database)):
     The file name extension of the annotation files.
 
     annotation_type : str
-    The type of the annotation file to read, see `bob.db.base.annotations.read_annotation_file` for accepted formats.
+    The type of the annotation file to read, see `bob.db.base.read_annotation_file` for accepted formats.
 
     protocol : str or ``None``
     The name of the protocol that defines the default experimental setup for this database.
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ class BioDatabase(six.with_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta, bob.db.base.Database)):
     def annotations(self, file):
         """
         Returns the annotations for the given File object, if available.
-        It uses `bob.db.base.annotations.read_annotation_file` to load the annotations.
+        It uses `bob.db.base.read_annotation_file` to load the annotations.
 
         **Parameters:**
 
diff --git a/doc/nitpick-exceptions.txt b/doc/nitpick-exceptions.txt
index 8c40067eb62a5cc0d59807941e2b068d89c710c3..c4b56957957b4c44db2c359992cf5573289c314e 100644
--- a/doc/nitpick-exceptions.txt
+++ b/doc/nitpick-exceptions.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
 py:class bob.bio.video.preprocessor.Video
-py:class bob.db.base.database.Database
-py:class bob.db.base.file.File
 py:exc ValueError