diff -r 365b5e6163a6 Doc/conf.py
--- a/Doc/conf.py   Fri Jun 03 19:14:52 2016 +0000
+++ b/Doc/conf.py   Fri Jun 03 17:00:47 2016 -0700
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@
 # Require Sphinx 1.2 for build.
 needs_sphinx = '1.2'
 
-# Ignore any .rst files in the venv/ directory.
-exclude_patterns = ['venv/*']
+# Ignore any .rst files in the venv/ directory, and don't attempt to run tests
+# in the 2.x release notes.
+exclude_patterns = ['venv/*', 'whatsnew/2.*.rst']
 
 
 # Options for HTML output