diff --git a/zerver/lib/test_helpers.py b/zerver/lib/test_helpers.py
index e4903fa11f..3c867570de 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/test_helpers.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/test_helpers.py
@@ -505,6 +505,7 @@ def write_instrumentation_reports(full_suite: bool, include_webhooks: bool) -> N
             "config-error/(?P<error_name>[^/]+)",
             "confirmation_key/",
             "node-coverage/(?P<path>.+)",
+            "docs/",
             "docs/(?P<path>.+)",
             "casper/(?P<path>.+)",
             "static/(?P<path>.+)",
diff --git a/zproject/dev_urls.py b/zproject/dev_urls.py
index 7e5c4abad4..53ac877d0b 100644
--- a/zproject/dev_urls.py
+++ b/zproject/dev_urls.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from django.contrib.staticfiles.views import serve as staticfiles_serve
 from django.http.request import HttpRequest
 from django.http.response import FileResponse
 from django.urls import path
-from django.views.generic import TemplateView
+from django.views.generic import RedirectView, TemplateView
 from django.views.static import serve
 
 from zerver.views.auth import login_page
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ urls = [
             "show_indexes": True,
         },
     ),
+    path("docs/", RedirectView.as_view(url="/docs/index.html")),
     path(
         "docs/<path:path>",
         serve,