diff --git a/docs/make.jl b/docs/make.jl
index eec305031454..9f608aa9ed1e 100644
--- a/docs/make.jl
+++ b/docs/make.jl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ using Documenter, Oscar
 
 include(normpath(joinpath(Oscar.oscardir, "docs", "make_work.jl")))
 
-BuildDoc.doit(Oscar; strict=true, local_build=false, doctest=false)
+BuildDoc.doit(Oscar; warnonly=false, local_build=false, doctest=false)
 
 deploydocs(
    repo   = "github.com/oscar-system/Oscar.jl.git",
diff --git a/docs/make_work.jl b/docs/make_work.jl
index ee76b33dd7b2..c2c5c347d5eb 100644
--- a/docs/make_work.jl
+++ b/docs/make_work.jl
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ end
 
 function doit(
   Oscar::Module;
-  strict::Bool=true,
+  warnonly=false,
   local_build::Bool=false,
   doctest::Union{Bool,Symbol}=true,
 )
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ function doit(
       modules=[Oscar, Oscar.Hecke, Oscar.Nemo, Oscar.AbstractAlgebra, Oscar.Singular],
       clean=true,
       doctest=false,
-      strict=strict,
+      warnonly=warnonly,
       checkdocs=:none,
       pages=doc,
     )
diff --git a/src/utils/docs.jl b/src/utils/docs.jl
index e8e3541a9e79..ff13b488b733 100644
--- a/src/utils/docs.jl
+++ b/src/utils/docs.jl
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ function start_doc_preview_server(;open_browser::Bool = true, port::Int = 8000)
 end
 
 @doc raw"""
-    build_doc(; doctest=false, strict=false, open_browser=true, start_server=false)
+    build_doc(; doctest=false, warnonly=true, open_browser=true, start_server=false)
 
 Build the manual of `Oscar.jl` locally and open the front page in a
 browser.
@@ -149,9 +149,11 @@ doctests are run with >= 1.7. Using a different Julia version may produce
 errors in some parts of Oscar, so please be careful, especially when setting
 `doctest=:fix`.
 
-The optional parameter `strict` is passed on to `makedocs` of `Documenter.jl`
-and if set to `true` then according to the manual of `Documenter.jl` "a
+The optional parameter `warnonly` is passed on to `makedocs` of `Documenter.jl`
+and if set to `false` then according to the manual of `Documenter.jl` "a
 doctesting error will always make makedocs throw an error in this mode".
+Alternatively, one can pass a list of symbols to `warnonly` to suppress
+errors for the given error types.
 
 To prevent the opening of the browser at the end, set the optional parameter
 `open_browser` to `false`.
@@ -177,11 +179,10 @@ using Revise, Oscar;
 The first run of `build_doc` will take the usual few minutes, subsequent runs
 will be significantly faster.
 """
-function build_doc(; doctest::Union{Symbol, Bool} = false, strict::Bool = false, open_browser::Bool = true, start_server::Bool = false)
+function build_doc(; doctest::Union{Symbol, Bool} = false, warnonly = true, open_browser::Bool = true, start_server::Bool = false)
   versioncheck = (VERSION.major == 1) && (VERSION.minor >= 7)
-  versionwarn = 
-"The Julia reference version for the doctests is 1.7 or later, but you are using
-$(VERSION). Running the doctests will produce errors that you do not expect."
+  versionwarn = """The Julia reference version for the doctests is 1.7 or later, but you are using
+                $(VERSION). Running the doctests will produce errors that you do not expect."""
   if doctest != false && !versioncheck
     @warn versionwarn
   end
@@ -189,7 +190,7 @@ $(VERSION). Running the doctests will produce errors that you do not expect."
     doc_init()
   end
   Pkg.activate(docsproject) do
-    Base.invokelatest(Main.BuildDoc.doit, Oscar; strict=strict, local_build=true, doctest=doctest)
+    Base.invokelatest(Main.BuildDoc.doit, Oscar; warnonly=warnonly, local_build=true, doctest=doctest)
   end
   if start_server
     start_doc_preview_server(open_browser = open_browser)