diff --git a/doc/leios_tests.md b/doc/leios_tests.md
index 9319b8e14..a2b5d3ef2 100644
--- a/doc/leios_tests.md
+++ b/doc/leios_tests.md
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ On a failed testrun the workflow runs the analysis automatically and surfaces it
 
 * the **run summary** of the workflow run, and a foldable `Preliminary failure analysis`
   group in the log of the `Read failure analysis into env` step,
-* `failure_analysis.md` in the **`testrun-files`** artifact.
+* `failure_analysis.md` in the `testrun-files` artifact.
 
 ## Known Failures
 
diff --git a/src_docs/source/conf.py b/src_docs/source/conf.py
index dc5ccbf89..ee6a3b72b 100644
--- a/src_docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/src_docs/source/conf.py
@@ -16,16 +16,15 @@
     mockdir = Path(__file__).parent / "mocks"
     os.environ["PATH"] = f"{mockdir}:{os.environ['PATH']}"
 
-
-import cardano_node_tests
-
 # -- Path setup --------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
-# add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
-# documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(".."))  # noqa: PTH100
+# add these directories to sys.path here. Prepend the repo root so that the
+# checkout this doc is built from wins over any installed (e.g. editable)
+# version of the package. Must happen before `cardano_node_tests` is imported.
+sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).parents[2]))
 
+import cardano_node_tests
 
 # -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------