diff --git a/project/SparkBuild.scala b/project/SparkBuild.scala
index 7faa875d0aa20..0b0760bcb156d 100644
--- a/project/SparkBuild.scala
+++ b/project/SparkBuild.scala
@@ -816,7 +816,9 @@ object Unidoc {
       .map(_.filterNot(_.getCanonicalPath.contains("org/apache/spark/examples")))
       .map(_.filterNot(_.getCanonicalPath.contains("org/apache/spark/memory")))
       .map(_.filterNot(_.getCanonicalPath.contains("org/apache/spark/network")))
-      .map(_.filterNot(_.getCanonicalPath.contains("org/apache/spark/shuffle")))
+      .map(_.filterNot(f =>
+        f.getCanonicalPath.contains("org/apache/spark/shuffle") &&
+        !f.getCanonicalPath.contains("org/apache/spark/shuffle/api")))
       .map(_.filterNot(_.getCanonicalPath.contains("org/apache/spark/executor")))
       .map(_.filterNot(_.getCanonicalPath.contains("org/apache/spark/unsafe")))
       .map(_.filterNot(_.getCanonicalPath.contains("python")))