# Documenter.jl Error: no docs found

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documenter-jl-error-no-docs-found/115812>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** documenter\
**Created:** [June 18, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documenter-jl-error-no-docs-found/115812 "2024-06-18T15:26:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marco-Congedo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/marco-congedo/32/7321_2.png) [@Marco-Congedo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Marco-Congedo)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documenter-jl-error-no-docs-found/115812/1 "2024-06-18T15:26:10Z")

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I am working on the documentation of a new package to be released soon. I am running locally a very simple version of the `make.jl` file to debug a partial version of the documentation using argument `remotes = nothing` in the `makedocs()` function. I have plenty of errors like this:

````julia
┌ Error: no docs found for 'correlationMcTest' in `@docs` 
block in src\multiple comparisons tests.md:44-58
│ ```@docs
│ correlationMcTest
# more symbols in this docs block

````

This error in particular, the first throw by Documenter.jl, arises in unit `docs\src\multiple comparisons tests.md`.  
The symbols in the `@docs` block are all exported in the main module `src\PermutationTests.jl` and the documentation that is not found is in unit `\src\multCompTests_API.jl`.

I am using the latest version of _Documenter.jl_ (1.4.1). I am doing the same thing i have been doing for several packages i published and documented, but I guess i am missing something obvious.

I published all the code here:

> **[GitHub - Marco-Congedo/PermutationTests.jl at dev](https://github.com/Marco-Congedo/PermutationTests.jl/tree/dev)**
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> dev

Can someone please tell me what i am missing or doing wrong?

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**Author:** ![kellertuer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kellertuer/32/220707_2.png) [@kellertuer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kellertuer)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 4:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documenter-jl-error-no-docs-found/115812/2 "2024-06-18T16:06:32Z")

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At first glance (I did not clone your repo) It looks like your exports might not actually be exports since you have an empty line in line 21 at

> <https://github.com/Marco-Congedo/PermutationTests.jl/blob/2f7ed8e3b53f5cbbb21c96c6ccd5b6f65842923c/src/PermutationTests.jl#L20-L22>

and since none of them are exported, they are private (`Packagename.function` would still work). So if you load your package, are the commands exported?

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**Author:** ![Marco-Congedo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/marco-congedo/32/7321_2.png) [@Marco-Congedo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Marco-Congedo)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documenter-jl-error-no-docs-found/115812/3 "2024-06-18T16:23:14Z")

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Yeah, they are exported, the comment does not do anything. I can use them activating the package without specifying the package name. All examples in the doc work fine

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**Author:** ![kellertuer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kellertuer/32/220707_2.png) [@kellertuer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kellertuer)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documenter-jl-error-no-docs-found/115812/4 "2024-06-18T18:43:47Z")

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Hm, ok: I was not sure about that, but you might be right that after `export´ Julia looks for the next literal word as a name to export and the same after commas.

Next idea – is it enough just to push the `../src` zo she load path? That might also be dangerous if you execute the makefile from other than the docs folder. Again, I am not sure, but what I am used to see (or do myself) is to put the package from the repo (with a bit safer form than `../src`) into development mode like

> <https://github.com/JuliaManifolds/Manopt.jl/blob/befce2951e1e72099966a60eeb49429f712eb66c/docs/make.jl#L37>

as well as activating the `docs/` environment.

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**Author:** ![Marco-Congedo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/marco-congedo/32/7321_2.png) [@Marco-Congedo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Marco-Congedo)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 9:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documenter-jl-error-no-docs-found/115812/5 "2024-06-18T21:00:18Z")

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I tried, but this does not seem to be the problem. I am rewriting the docs in the .jl files; it seems the newer versions of Documenter.jl are more strict on how these should be written. Thanks for your help Ronny.

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**Author:** ![kellertuer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kellertuer/32/220707_2.png) [@kellertuer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kellertuer)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documenter-jl-error-no-docs-found/115812/6 "2024-06-18T21:04:49Z")

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From 1.0 onwards they are a bit more strict, but besides these two Tipps I currently do not see why it does not find your docs; hope someone else can help then 🙂