diff --git a/docs/api/index.rst b/docs/api/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..edec5fe96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/api/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+API Reference
+=============
+
+.. toctree::
+    :maxdepth: 2
+    :titlesonly:
+
+    plugins
+    database
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 1e53fe427..838d82800 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ html_theme = "pydata_sphinx_theme"
 html_theme_options = {
     "collapse_navigation": False,
     "logo": {"text": "beets"},
-    "show_nav_level": 3,  # How many levels in left sidebar to show automatically
+    "show_nav_level": 2,  # How many levels in left sidebar to show automatically
     "navigation_depth": 4,  # How many levels of navigation to expand
 }
 html_title = "beets"
diff --git a/docs/dev/index.rst b/docs/dev/index.rst
index 633d50cd1..7bd0ba709 100644
--- a/docs/dev/index.rst
+++ b/docs/dev/index.rst
@@ -13,17 +13,11 @@ configuration files, respectively.
 .. _mediafile: https://mediafile.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
 
 .. toctree::
-    :maxdepth: 2
+    :maxdepth: 3
     :titlesonly:
 
     plugins/index
     library
     importer
     cli
-
-.. toctree::
-    :maxdepth: 1
-    :caption: API Reference
-
-    ../api/plugins
-    ../api/database
+    ../api/index