diff --git a/doc/en/conf.py b/doc/en/conf.py
index b6709ef5b..a217f5499 100644
--- a/doc/en/conf.py
+++ b/doc/en/conf.py
@@ -23,9 +23,11 @@ import shutil
 from textwrap import dedent
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-from _pytest import __version__ as version
+from _pytest import __version__ as full_version
 
 
+version = full_version.split("+")[0]
+
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     import sphinx.application
 
@@ -191,6 +193,7 @@ nitpick_ignore = [
     ("py:class", "SubRequest"),
     ("py:class", "TerminalReporter"),
     ("py:class", "_pytest._code.code.TerminalRepr"),
+    ("py:class", "TerminalRepr"),
     ("py:class", "_pytest.fixtures.FixtureFunctionMarker"),
     ("py:class", "_pytest.logging.LogCaptureHandler"),
     ("py:class", "_pytest.mark.structures.ParameterSet"),
@@ -212,13 +215,16 @@ nitpick_ignore = [
     ("py:class", "_PluggyPlugin"),
     # TypeVars
     ("py:class", "_pytest._code.code.E"),
+    ("py:class", "E"),  # due to delayed annotation
     ("py:class", "_pytest.fixtures.FixtureFunction"),
     ("py:class", "_pytest.nodes._NodeType"),
+    ("py:class", "_NodeType"),  # due to delayed annotation
     ("py:class", "_pytest.python_api.E"),
     ("py:class", "_pytest.recwarn.T"),
     ("py:class", "_pytest.runner.TResult"),
     ("py:obj", "_pytest.fixtures.FixtureValue"),
     ("py:obj", "_pytest.stash.T"),
+    ("py:class", "_ScopeName"),
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/src/_pytest/_code/code.py b/src/_pytest/_code/code.py
index d002a6810..323cf7d9a 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/_code/code.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/_code/code.py
@@ -620,7 +620,8 @@ class ExceptionInfo(Generic[E]):
         showlocals: bool = False,
         style: _TracebackStyle = "long",
         abspath: bool = False,
-        tbfilter: bool | Callable[[ExceptionInfo[BaseException]], Traceback] = True,
+        tbfilter: bool
+        | Callable[[ExceptionInfo[BaseException]], _pytest._code.code.Traceback] = True,
         funcargs: bool = False,
         truncate_locals: bool = True,
         chain: bool = True,
diff --git a/src/_pytest/config/__init__.py b/src/_pytest/config/__init__.py
index 01542908f..1e2dedbb6 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/config/__init__.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/config/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import glob
 import importlib.metadata
 import inspect
 import os
-from pathlib import Path
+import pathlib
 import re
 import shlex
 import sys
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class ExitCode(enum.IntEnum):
 class ConftestImportFailure(Exception):
     def __init__(
         self,
-        path: Path,
+        path: pathlib.Path,
         *,
         cause: Exception,
     ) -> None:
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ def get_config(
         invocation_params=Config.InvocationParams(
             args=args or (),
             plugins=plugins,
-            dir=Path.cwd(),
+            dir=pathlib.Path.cwd(),
         ),
     )
 
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ def _prepareconfig(
         raise
 
 
-def _get_directory(path: Path) -> Path:
+def _get_directory(path: pathlib.Path) -> pathlib.Path:
     """Get the directory of a path - itself if already a directory."""
     if path.is_file():
         return path.parent
@@ -407,9 +407,9 @@ class PytestPluginManager(PluginManager):
         # All conftest modules applicable for a directory.
         # This includes the directory's own conftest modules as well
         # as those of its parent directories.
-        self._dirpath2confmods: dict[Path, list[types.ModuleType]] = {}
+        self._dirpath2confmods: dict[pathlib.Path, list[types.ModuleType]] = {}
         # Cutoff directory above which conftests are no longer discovered.
-        self._confcutdir: Path | None = None
+        self._confcutdir: pathlib.Path | None = None
         # If set, conftest loading is skipped.
         self._noconftest = False
 
@@ -543,12 +543,12 @@ class PytestPluginManager(PluginManager):
     #
     def _set_initial_conftests(
         self,
-        args: Sequence[str | Path],
+        args: Sequence[str | pathlib.Path],
         pyargs: bool,
         noconftest: bool,
-        rootpath: Path,
-        confcutdir: Path | None,
-        invocation_dir: Path,
+        rootpath: pathlib.Path,
+        confcutdir: pathlib.Path | None,
+        invocation_dir: pathlib.Path,
         importmode: ImportMode | str,
         *,
         consider_namespace_packages: bool,
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ class PytestPluginManager(PluginManager):
                 consider_namespace_packages=consider_namespace_packages,
             )
 
-    def _is_in_confcutdir(self, path: Path) -> bool:
+    def _is_in_confcutdir(self, path: pathlib.Path) -> bool:
         """Whether to consider the given path to load conftests from."""
         if self._confcutdir is None:
             return True
@@ -609,9 +609,9 @@ class PytestPluginManager(PluginManager):
 
     def _try_load_conftest(
         self,
-        anchor: Path,
+        anchor: pathlib.Path,
         importmode: str | ImportMode,
-        rootpath: Path,
+        rootpath: pathlib.Path,
         *,
         consider_namespace_packages: bool,
     ) -> None:
@@ -634,9 +634,9 @@ class PytestPluginManager(PluginManager):
 
     def _loadconftestmodules(
         self,
-        path: Path,
+        path: pathlib.Path,
         importmode: str | ImportMode,
-        rootpath: Path,
+        rootpath: pathlib.Path,
         *,
         consider_namespace_packages: bool,
     ) -> None:
@@ -664,14 +664,14 @@ class PytestPluginManager(PluginManager):
                     clist.append(mod)
         self._dirpath2confmods[directory] = clist
 
-    def _getconftestmodules(self, path: Path) -> Sequence[types.ModuleType]:
+    def _getconftestmodules(self, path: pathlib.Path) -> Sequence[types.ModuleType]:
         directory = self._get_directory(path)
         return self._dirpath2confmods.get(directory, ())
 
     def _rget_with_confmod(
         self,
         name: str,
-        path: Path,
+        path: pathlib.Path,
     ) -> tuple[types.ModuleType, Any]:
         modules = self._getconftestmodules(path)
         for mod in reversed(modules):
@@ -683,9 +683,9 @@ class PytestPluginManager(PluginManager):
 
     def _importconftest(
         self,
-        conftestpath: Path,
+        conftestpath: pathlib.Path,
         importmode: str | ImportMode,
-        rootpath: Path,
+        rootpath: pathlib.Path,
         *,
         consider_namespace_packages: bool,
     ) -> types.ModuleType:
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ class PytestPluginManager(PluginManager):
     def _check_non_top_pytest_plugins(
         self,
         mod: types.ModuleType,
-        conftestpath: Path,
+        conftestpath: pathlib.Path,
     ) -> None:
         if (
             hasattr(mod, "pytest_plugins")
@@ -995,15 +995,15 @@ class Config:
         """The command-line arguments as passed to :func:`pytest.main`."""
         plugins: Sequence[str | _PluggyPlugin] | None
         """Extra plugins, might be `None`."""
-        dir: Path
-        """The directory from which :func:`pytest.main` was invoked."""
+        dir: pathlib.Path
+        """The directory from which :func:`pytest.main` was invoked. :type: pathlib.Path"""
 
         def __init__(
             self,
             *,
             args: Iterable[str],
             plugins: Sequence[str | _PluggyPlugin] | None,
-            dir: Path,
+            dir: pathlib.Path,
         ) -> None:
             object.__setattr__(self, "args", tuple(args))
             object.__setattr__(self, "plugins", plugins)
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ class Config:
 
         if invocation_params is None:
             invocation_params = self.InvocationParams(
-                args=(), plugins=None, dir=Path.cwd()
+                args=(), plugins=None, dir=pathlib.Path.cwd()
             )
 
         self.option = argparse.Namespace()
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ class Config:
             self.cache: Optional[Cache] = None
 
     @property
-    def rootpath(self) -> Path:
+    def rootpath(self) -> pathlib.Path:
         """The path to the :ref:`rootdir <rootdir>`.
 
         :type: pathlib.Path
@@ -1100,11 +1100,9 @@ class Config:
         return self._rootpath
 
     @property
-    def inipath(self) -> Path | None:
+    def inipath(self) -> pathlib.Path | None:
         """The path to the :ref:`configfile <configfiles>`.
 
-        :type: Optional[pathlib.Path]
-
         .. versionadded:: 6.1
         """
         return self._inipath
@@ -1315,8 +1313,8 @@ class Config:
         args: list[str],
         pyargs: bool,
         testpaths: list[str],
-        invocation_dir: Path,
-        rootpath: Path,
+        invocation_dir: pathlib.Path,
+        rootpath: pathlib.Path,
         warn: bool,
     ) -> tuple[list[str], ArgsSource]:
         """Decide the args (initial paths/nodeids) to use given the relevant inputs.
@@ -1642,17 +1640,19 @@ class Config:
         else:
             return self._getini_unknown_type(name, type, value)
 
-    def _getconftest_pathlist(self, name: str, path: Path) -> list[Path] | None:
+    def _getconftest_pathlist(
+        self, name: str, path: pathlib.Path
+    ) -> list[pathlib.Path] | None:
         try:
             mod, relroots = self.pluginmanager._rget_with_confmod(name, path)
         except KeyError:
             return None
         assert mod.__file__ is not None
-        modpath = Path(mod.__file__).parent
-        values: list[Path] = []
+        modpath = pathlib.Path(mod.__file__).parent
+        values: list[pathlib.Path] = []
         for relroot in relroots:
             if isinstance(relroot, os.PathLike):
-                relroot = Path(relroot)
+                relroot = pathlib.Path(relroot)
             else:
                 relroot = relroot.replace("/", os.sep)
                 relroot = absolutepath(modpath / relroot)
diff --git a/src/_pytest/hookspec.py b/src/_pytest/hookspec.py
index d10264218..f8fc7a8b4 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/hookspec.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/hookspec.py
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ def pytest_ignore_collect(
     Stops at first non-None result, see :ref:`firstresult`.
 
     :param collection_path: The path to analyze.
+    :type collection_path: pathlib.Path
     :param path: The path to analyze (deprecated).
     :param config: The pytest config object.
 
@@ -353,6 +354,7 @@ def pytest_collect_directory(path: Path, parent: Collector) -> Collector | None:
     Stops at first non-None result, see :ref:`firstresult`.
 
     :param path: The path to analyze.
+    :type path: pathlib.Path
 
     See :ref:`custom directory collectors` for a simple example of use of this
     hook.
@@ -385,6 +387,7 @@ def pytest_collect_file(
     The new node needs to have the specified ``parent`` as a parent.
 
     :param file_path: The path to analyze.
+    :type file_path: pathlib.Path
     :param path: The path to collect (deprecated).
 
     .. versionchanged:: 7.0.0
@@ -506,6 +509,7 @@ def pytest_pycollect_makemodule(
     Stops at first non-None result, see :ref:`firstresult`.
 
     :param module_path: The path of the module to collect.
+    :type module_path: pathlib.Path
     :param path: The path of the module to collect (deprecated).
 
     .. versionchanged:: 7.0.0
@@ -1025,6 +1029,7 @@ def pytest_report_header(  # type:ignore[empty-body]
 
     :param config: The pytest config object.
     :param start_path: The starting dir.
+    :type start_path: pathlib.Path
     :param startdir: The starting dir (deprecated).
 
     .. note::
@@ -1068,6 +1073,7 @@ def pytest_report_collectionfinish(  # type:ignore[empty-body]
 
     :param config: The pytest config object.
     :param start_path: The starting dir.
+    :type start_path: pathlib.Path
     :param startdir: The starting dir (deprecated).
     :param items: List of pytest items that are going to be executed; this list should not be modified.
 
diff --git a/src/_pytest/main.py b/src/_pytest/main.py
index 2683e15ad..843de5d9a 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/main.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/main.py
@@ -509,6 +509,7 @@ class Dir(nodes.Directory):
 
         :param parent: The parent collector of this Dir.
         :param path: The directory's path.
+        :type path: pathlib.Path
         """
         return super().from_parent(parent=parent, path=path)
 
diff --git a/src/_pytest/pytester.py b/src/_pytest/pytester.py
index 56479610a..16233fc16 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/pytester.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/pytester.py
@@ -906,6 +906,7 @@ class Pytester:
             The name of the directory, relative to the pytester path.
         :returns:
             The created directory.
+        :rtype: pathlib.Path
         """
         p = self.path / name
         p.mkdir()
@@ -929,6 +930,7 @@ class Pytester:
             The name of the file to copy.
         :return:
             Path to the copied directory (inside ``self.path``).
+        :rtype: pathlib.Path
         """
         example_dir_ = self._request.config.getini("pytester_example_dir")
         if example_dir_ is None:
@@ -1385,8 +1387,10 @@ class Pytester:
             - Otherwise, it is passed through to :py:class:`subprocess.Popen`.
               For further information in this case, consult the document of the
               ``stdin`` parameter in :py:class:`subprocess.Popen`.
+        :type stdin: _pytest.compat.NotSetType | bytes | IO[Any] | int
         :returns:
             The result.
+
         """
         __tracebackhide__ = True
 
diff --git a/src/_pytest/python.py b/src/_pytest/python.py
index d659cac0b..2dd2031ec 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/python.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/python.py
@@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@ class Metafunc:
             If N argnames were specified, argvalues must be a list of
             N-tuples, where each tuple-element specifies a value for its
             respective argname.
-
+        :type argvalues: Iterable[_pytest.mark.structures.ParameterSet | Sequence[object] | object]
         :param indirect:
             A list of arguments' names (subset of argnames) or a boolean.
             If True the list contains all names from the argnames. Each
diff --git a/src/_pytest/runner.py b/src/_pytest/runner.py
index a2c4c8b37..f97cf9517 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/runner.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/runner.py
@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ class CallInfo(Generic[TResult]):
 
         :param func:
             The function to call. Called without arguments.
+        :type func: Callable[[], _pytest.runner.TResult]
         :param when:
             The phase in which the function is called.
         :param reraise:
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 6ec19f5ae..a7bf6d242 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ setenv =
     PYTHONWARNDEFAULTENCODING=
 
 [testenv:docs]
-basepython = python3
+basepython = python3.9 # sync with rtd to get errors
 usedevelop = True
 deps =
     -r{toxinidir}/doc/en/requirements.txt
@@ -92,7 +92,11 @@ commands =
     -git fetch --unshallow
     -git fetch --tags
 
-    sphinx-build -W --keep-going -b html doc/en doc/en/_build/html {posargs:}
+    sphinx-build \
+      -j auto \
+      -W --keep-going \
+      -b html doc/en doc/en/_build/html \
+      {posargs:}
 setenv =
     # Sphinx is not clean of this warning.
     PYTHONWARNDEFAULTENCODING=