diff --git a/common/build.gradle.kts b/common/build.gradle.kts
index 439327dab..0946d273b 100644
--- a/common/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/common/build.gradle.kts
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ tasks.create<SourceTask>("tectonicDocs") {
             if (declaration.isAnnotationPresent("AutoDocAlias")) {
                 refactor[name] = (declaration.getAnnotationByName("AutoDocAlias").get().childNodes[1] as StringLiteralExpr).asString()
                 println("Refactoring $name to ${refactor[name]}.")
+            } else if (declaration.isAnnotationPresent("AutoDocShadow")) {
+                refactor[name] = (declaration.getAnnotationByName("AutoDocShadow").get().childNodes[1] as StringLiteralExpr).asString()
+                println("Shadowing $name to ${refactor[name]}.")
             }
         }
     }
@@ -101,10 +104,12 @@ tasks.create<SourceTask>("tectonicDocs") {
     val children = HashMap<String, MutableList<ClassOrInterfaceDeclaration>>()
     sources.forEach { (name, unit) ->
         unit.getClassByName(name).ifPresent { declaration ->
-            declaration.extendedTypes.forEach { classOrInterfaceType ->
-                val inherit = classOrInterfaceType.name.asString()
-                if (!children.containsKey(inherit)) children[inherit] = ArrayList()
-                children[inherit]!!.add(declaration)
+            if(!declaration.isAnnotationPresent("AutoDocShadow")) {
+                declaration.extendedTypes.forEach { classOrInterfaceType ->
+                    val inherit = classOrInterfaceType.name.asString()
+                    if (!children.containsKey(inherit)) children[inherit] = ArrayList()
+                    children[inherit]!!.add(declaration)
+                }
             }
         }
     }
@@ -121,7 +126,7 @@ tasks.create<SourceTask>("tectonicDocs") {
 
         unit.getClassByName(name).ifPresent { declaration ->
             applicable = scanForParent(sources, declaration, "ConfigTemplate", "ValidatedConfigTemplate", "ObjectTemplate")
-            if(applicable) println("Validated $name")
+
             declaration.javadoc.ifPresent {
                 doc.append("${sanitizeJavadoc(it.toText())}    \n")
             }
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/api/docs/AutoDocShadow.java b/common/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/api/docs/AutoDocShadow.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..169ec855b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/api/docs/AutoDocShadow.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package com.dfsek.terra.api.docs;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * For use in Terra AutoDoc, to specify
+ * that references to the annotated class
+ * should be shadowed to the target class.
+ */
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
+@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
+public @interface AutoDocShadow {
+    String value();
+}
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/config/loaders/config/sampler/templates/noise/SimpleNoiseTemplate.java b/common/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/config/loaders/config/sampler/templates/noise/SimpleNoiseTemplate.java
index 88207f596..60e43240b 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/config/loaders/config/sampler/templates/noise/SimpleNoiseTemplate.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/config/loaders/config/sampler/templates/noise/SimpleNoiseTemplate.java
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 package com.dfsek.terra.config.loaders.config.sampler.templates.noise;
 
-import com.dfsek.terra.api.docs.AutoDocAlias;
+import com.dfsek.terra.api.docs.AutoDocShadow;
 import com.dfsek.terra.api.math.noise.samplers.noise.NoiseFunction;
 
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
-@AutoDocAlias("NoiseFunction")
+@AutoDocShadow("NoiseFunction")
 public class SimpleNoiseTemplate extends NoiseTemplate<NoiseFunction> {
     private final Function<Integer, NoiseFunction> samplerSupplier;