diff --git a/docs/autogen_api.py b/docs/autogen_api.py
index 74f841d..b0d831e 100755
--- a/docs/autogen_api.py
+++ b/docs/autogen_api.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                                         r'\.zmq',
                                         ]
 
-    docwriter.module_skip_patterns += [ r'\.core\.fakemodule',
+    docwriter.module_skip_patterns += [
                                         r'\.testing\.iptest',
                                         # Keeping these disabled is OK
                                         r'\.parallel\.controller\.mongodb',
diff --git a/docs/source/whatsnew/pr/incompat-drop-fakemodule.rst b/docs/source/whatsnew/pr/incompat-drop-fakemodule.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65bfa11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/whatsnew/pr/incompat-drop-fakemodule.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* The module ``IPython.core.fakemodule`` has been removed.