From 736a6a1a1c1cd049c55132966198caaed8158a8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Thomas J. Fan" <thomasjpfan@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2023 16:34:40 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] DOC Adds scikit-learn for intersphinx

---
 docs/conf.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 38ec99e75a36..2b74ae530a72 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ def run(self) -> List:
     'sphinx.ext.todo',
     'sphinx.ext.viewcode',
     'sphinx.ext.napoleon',
+    "sphinx.ext.intersphinx",
 ]
 
 autodoc_default_flags = ['members', 'inherited-members', 'show-inheritance']
@@ -206,6 +207,10 @@ def run(self) -> List:
 # the title page.
 latex_logo = str(CURR_PATH / 'logo' / 'LightGBM_logo_black_text_small.png')
 
+# intersphinx configuration
+intersphinx_mapping = {
+    "sklearn": ("https://scikit-learn.org/stable/", None),
+}
 
 def generate_doxygen_xml(app: Sphinx) -> None:
     """Generate XML documentation for C API by Doxygen.