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+:mod:`sphinx.ext.coverage` -- Collect doc coverage stats
+========================================================
+
+.. module:: sphinx.ext.coverage
+ :synopsis: Check Python modules and C API for coverage in the documentation.
+
+This extension features one additional builder, the :class:`CoverageBuilder`.
+
+.. class:: CoverageBuilder
+
+ To use this builder, activate the coverage extension in your configuration
+ file and give ``-b coverage`` on the command line.
+
+.. todo:: Write this section.
+
+Several configuration values can be used to specify what the builder
+should check:
+
+.. confval:: coverage_ignore_modules
+
+.. confval:: coverage_ignore_functions
+
+.. confval:: coverage_ignore_classes
+
+.. confval:: coverage_ignore_pyobjects
+
+ List of `Python regular expressions`_.
+
+ If any of these regular expressions matches any part of the full import path
+ of a Python object, that Python object is excluded from the documentation
+ coverage report.
+
+ .. _Python regular expressions: https://docs.python.org/library/re
+
+ .. versionadded:: 2.1
+
+.. confval:: coverage_c_path
+
+.. confval:: coverage_c_regexes
+
+.. confval:: coverage_ignore_c_items
+
+.. confval:: coverage_write_headline
+
+ Set to ``False`` to not write headlines.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 1.1
+
+.. confval:: coverage_skip_undoc_in_source
+
+ Skip objects that are not documented in the source with a docstring.
+ ``False`` by default.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 1.1
+
+.. confval:: coverage_show_missing_items
+
+ Print objects that are missing to standard output also.
+ ``False`` by default.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 3.1
+
+.. confval:: coverage_statistics_to_report
+
+ Print a tabluar report of the coverage statistics to the coverage report.
+ ``True`` by default.
+
+ Example output:
+
+ .. code-block:: text
+
+ +-----------------------+----------+--------------+
+ | Module | Coverage | Undocumented |
+ +=======================+==========+==============+
+ | package.foo_module | 100.00% | 0 |
+ +-----------------------+----------+--------------+
+ | package.bar_module | 83.33% | 1 |
+ +-----------------------+----------+--------------+
+
+ .. versionadded:: 7.2
+
+.. confval:: coverage_statistics_to_stdout
+
+ Print a tabluar report of the coverage statistics to standard output.
+ ``False`` by default.
+
+ Example output:
+
+ .. code-block:: text
+
+ +-----------------------+----------+--------------+
+ | Module | Coverage | Undocumented |
+ +=======================+==========+==============+
+ | package.foo_module | 100.00% | 0 |
+ +-----------------------+----------+--------------+
+ | package.bar_module | 83.33% | 1 |
+ +-----------------------+----------+--------------+
+
+ .. versionadded:: 7.2