diff --git a/help/conf.tmpl b/help/conf.tmpl
index 54ce5496..31d974ef 100644
--- a/help/conf.tmpl
+++ b/help/conf.tmpl
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import sys, os
 
 # Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be extensions
 # coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom ones.
-extensions = []
+extensions = ['sphinx.ext.todo']
 
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
 templates_path = ['_templates']