diff --git a/doc/manual/markdown_create_apis.py b/doc/manual/markdown_create_apis.py
index 35af02112..5651da65b 100755
--- a/doc/manual/markdown_create_apis.py
+++ b/doc/manual/markdown_create_apis.py
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ def createIndex(fin, filename, api_filepath, api_title, api_label, githuburl):
             if len(name) == 0:
                 print(parts);
                 sys.exit(10)
+            # ignore typedef for callbacks
+            if parts[0] == 'typedef':
+                continue
             functions[name] = codeReference( name, githuburl, filename, api_filepath, linenr)
             continue