diff --git a/python/docs/source/conf.py b/python/docs/source/conf.py
index bb6c11237b..c2e714301f 100644
--- a/python/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/python/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ def get_release_version() -> str:
     ("py:class", "pyarrow._fs.FileSystemHandler"),
     ("py:class", "RawDeltaTable"),
     ("py:class", "pandas.DataFrame"),
+    ("py:class": "typing_extensions.Literal"),
 ]
 
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.