diff --git a/doc/source/changelog/476.documentation.md b/doc/source/changelog/476.documentation.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dd6de736eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/changelog/476.documentation.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Enable nitpicking for xref validation
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index ae0f3add18..b8aceb589a 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ setenv =
     links: BUILDER = linkcheck
     html: BUILDER = html
     pdf: BUILDER = latex
-    links,html,pdf: BUILDER_OPTS = --color -v -j auto -W --keep-going
+    links,html,pdf: BUILDER_OPTS = --color -v -j auto -W --keep-going -n
 passenv =
     ANSYSLMD_LICENSE_FILE
     LD_LIBRARY_PATH