diff --git a/doc/utils/sphinx-config/false_positives.txt b/doc/utils/sphinx-config/false_positives.txt
index c86b9f2bd2..488529dc6c 100644
--- a/doc/utils/sphinx-config/false_positives.txt
+++ b/doc/utils/sphinx-config/false_positives.txt
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ Bartels
 Bartelt
 barycenter
 barye
+basename
 Bashford
 bashrc
 Baskes