diff --git a/sphinx/conf.py b/sphinx/conf.py
index 41fb1fb..6df9e8d 100755
--- a/sphinx/conf.py
+++ b/sphinx/conf.py
@@ -308,4 +308,4 @@
 
 
 # Example configuration for intersphinx: refer to the Python standard library.
-intersphinx_mapping = {'http://docs.python.org/': None}
+intersphinx_mapping = {'python': ('http://docs.python.org/', None)}