diff --git a/docs/sphinx/conf.py b/docs/sphinx/conf.py
index 9177096f..7954d654 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx/conf.py
+++ b/docs/sphinx/conf.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from datetime import datetime
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
 # documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
 sys.path.append(os.path.abspath('.'))
-sys.path.append('..')
+sys.path.append(os.path.abspath('..'))
 
 # -- General configuration -----------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/sphinxtools/librarydescription.py b/sphinxtools/librarydescription.py
index 8fe97ffb..5c4828a8 100644
--- a/sphinxtools/librarydescription.py
+++ b/sphinxtools/librarydescription.py
@@ -632,12 +632,22 @@ class Class(ParentBase):
 
         for item in sups:
             item = repr(item)
-            
+
             sup = item.replace('<class ', '').replace('>', '').replace('<type ', '')
             sup = sup.strip().replace('"', '').replace("'", '')
             if ' at ' in sup:
                 sup = sup[0:sup.index(' at ')].strip()
 
+            if sup.startswith('wx._'):
+                # take out the '_core' in things like 'wx._core.Control'
+                parts = sup.split('.')
+                if parts[1] == '_core':
+                    del parts[1]
+                else:
+                    # or just the '_' otherwise
+                    parts[1] = parts[1][1:]
+                sup = '.'.join(parts)
+
             sortedSupClasses.append(sup)
 
         sortedSupClasses.sort()