diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile
index 703a55cc3d..92132e7d8c 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile
+++ b/doc/Makefile
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ html: xmlgen globbed-tocs $(VENV) $(SPHINXCONFIG)/conf.py $(ANCHORCHECK) $(MATHJ
 		env LC_ALL=C grep -n ':\(ref\|doc\):[^`]' $(RSTDIR)/*.rst ;\
 		env LC_ALL=C grep -n '\(ref\|doc\)`[^`]' $(RSTDIR)/*.rst ;\
 		$(PYTHON) $(BUILDDIR)/utils/check-styles.py -s ../src -d src ;\
+		env LC_ALL=C grep -n -E '^ *\.\. [a-z0-9]+:(\s+.*|)$$' \
+                         $(RSTDIR)/*.rst ../src/*.{cpp,h} ../src/*/*.{cpp,h} ;\
 		echo "############################################" ;\
 		deactivate ;\
 	)
@@ -193,6 +195,8 @@ pdf: xmlgen globbed-tocs $(VENV) $(SPHINXCONFIG)/conf.py $(ANCHORCHECK)
 		env LC_ALL=C grep -n ':\(ref\|doc\):[^`]' $(RSTDIR)/*.rst ;\
 		env LC_ALL=C grep -n '\(ref\|doc\)`[^`]' $(RSTDIR)/*.rst ;\
 		$(PYTHON) utils/check-styles.py -s ../src -d src ;\
+		env LC_ALL=C grep -n -E '^ *\.\. [a-z0-9]+:(\s+.*|)$$' \
+                         $(RSTDIR)/*.rst ../src/*.{cpp,h} ../src/*/*.{cpp,h} ;\
 		echo "############################################" ;\
 		deactivate ;\
 	)
@@ -242,6 +246,8 @@ role_check :
 	@( env LC_ALL=C grep -n ' `[^`]\+<[a-z][^`]\+`[^_]' $(RSTDIR)/*.rst && exit 1 || : )
 	@( env LC_ALL=C grep -n ':\(ref\|doc\):[^`]' $(RSTDIR)/*.rst && exit 1 || : )
 	@( env LC_ALL=C grep -n '\(ref\|doc\)`[^`]' $(RSTDIR)/*.rst && exit 1 || : )
+	@( env LC_ALL=C grep -n -E '^ *\.\. [a-z0-9]+:(\s+.*|)$$' \
+                        $(RSTDIR)/*.rst ../src/*.{cpp,h} ../src/*/*.{cpp,h} && exit 1 || : )
 
 link_check : $(VENV) html
 	@(\