diff --git a/Doc/c-api/module.rst b/Doc/c-api/module.rst
index eed47c8966c473..49ac4de6655a88 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/module.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/module.rst
@@ -277,6 +277,11 @@ data stored in module state.
          No longer called before the module state is allocated.
 
 
+.. c:var:: PyTypeObject PyModuleDef_Type
+
+   The type of ``PyModuleDef`` objects.
+
+
 Module slots
 ............
 
diff --git a/Tools/check-c-api-docs/ignored_c_api.txt b/Tools/check-c-api-docs/ignored_c_api.txt
index 1351190b1f6b32..eed3935a258c4f 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