diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 0303f72ca..97a436417 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@
 # ones.
 extensions = [
     "sphinx.ext.autodoc",
+    "sphinx_autodoc_typehints",
     "sphinx.ext.autosectionlabel",
+    "sphinx.ext.napoleon",
     "numpydoc",
     # "sphinx.ext.autosummary",
     "myst_nb",
@@ -79,6 +81,16 @@
 nb_execution_mode = "off"
 suppress_warnings = ["myst.header"]  # suppress non-consecutive header warning
 
+# -- Options for autodoc -----------------------------------------------------
+
+# Show the typehints in the description of each object instead of the signature.
+autodoc_typehints = "description"
+
+# Show the default value for a parameter after the description within parents, e.g.
+# (default: "foo")
+typehints_defaults = "braces-after"
+
+
 # -- Options for HTML output -------------------------------------------------
 
 # The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  See the documentation for
diff --git a/requirements-docs.txt b/requirements-docs.txt
index 51dc9ff5a..68052ab3f 100644
--- a/requirements-docs.txt
+++ b/requirements-docs.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ numpydoc
 pybtex
 pygithub
 sphinx>=4.3
+sphinx-autodoc-typehints
 sphinx-panels
 sphinx_rtd_theme>=1.0
 sphinxcontrib-bibtex