diff --git a/doc/nitpick-exceptions.txt b/doc/nitpick-exceptions.txt
index 83223a1c0e3773f97615ee91faef32b184596302..aa1b2d2b42dce4d5bc562035324fe292e7f9afba 100644
--- a/doc/nitpick-exceptions.txt
+++ b/doc/nitpick-exceptions.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ c:type mt19937
 # this is actually a c type
 cpp:type PyObject
 cpp:type Py_ssize_t
+cpp:typeOrConcept PyObject
+cpp:typeOrConcept Py_ssize_t
 
 # exceptions are not found in python 2.7
 py:exc ValueError