diff --git a/Doc/c-api/module.rst b/Doc/c-api/module.rst
index aa2145b5fe5d09..39293b0fa228df 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/module.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/module.rst
@@ -755,6 +755,11 @@ remove it.
          functions are no longer called before the module state is allocated.
 
 
+.. c:var:: PyTypeObject PyModuleDef_Type
+
+   The type of ``PyModuleDef`` objects.
+
+
 .. _moduledef-dynamic:
 
 The following API can be used to create modules from a :c:type:`!PyModuleDef`
diff --git a/Tools/check-c-api-docs/ignored_c_api.txt b/Tools/check-c-api-docs/ignored_c_api.txt
index e628bdfebcbded..7bf79872bd4630 100644
--- a/Tools/check-c-api-docs/ignored_c_api.txt
+++ b/Tools/check-c-api-docs/ignored_c_api.txt
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ Py_UTF8Mode
 Py_HASH_EXTERNAL
 # modsupport.h
 PyABIInfo_FREETHREADING_AGNOSTIC
-# moduleobject.h
-PyModuleDef_Type
 # object.h
 Py_INVALID_SIZE
 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_VERSION_TAG