diff --git a/src/accounts.rs b/src/accounts.rs
index 0ec5d1f40..511f9f5b5 100644
--- a/src/accounts.rs
+++ b/src/accounts.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 //! # Account manager module.
 
-#![warn(missing_docs)]
-
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
diff --git a/src/chat.rs b/src/chat.rs
index e92e6d574..1d41bb5ac 100644
--- a/src/chat.rs
+++ b/src/chat.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //! # Chat module.
 
+#![allow(missing_docs)]
+
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::convert::{TryFrom, TryInto};
 use std::fmt;
diff --git a/src/chatlist.rs b/src/chatlist.rs
index 8482213f2..da7d309a4 100644
--- a/src/chatlist.rs
+++ b/src/chatlist.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //! # Chat list module.
 
+#![allow(missing_docs)]
+
 use anyhow::{ensure, Context as _, Result};
 
 use crate::chat::{update_special_chat_names, Chat, ChatId, ChatVisibility};
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 259c3e063..aea06b2a7 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //! # Key-value configuration management.
 
+#![allow(missing_docs)]
+
 use anyhow::{ensure, Context as _, Result};
 use strum::{EnumProperty as EnumPropertyTrait, IntoEnumIterator};
 use strum_macros::{AsRefStr, Display, EnumIter, EnumProperty, EnumString};
diff --git a/src/constants.rs b/src/constants.rs
index bbdad67f7..dde6219f5 100644
--- a/src/constants.rs
+++ b/src/constants.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 //! # Constants.
+
+#![allow(missing_docs)]
+
 use deltachat_derive::{FromSql, ToSql};
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
diff --git a/src/contact.rs b/src/contact.rs
index ddaec2306..79f131283 100644
--- a/src/contact.rs
+++ b/src/contact.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //! Contacts module
 
+#![allow(missing_docs)]
+
 use std::cmp::Reverse;
 use std::collections::BinaryHeap;
 use std::convert::{TryFrom, TryInto};
diff --git a/src/context.rs b/src/context.rs
index d28774df9..a78ea833c 100644
--- a/src/context.rs
+++ b/src/context.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //! Context module.
 
+#![allow(missing_docs)]
+
 use std::collections::{BTreeMap, HashMap};
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::ops::Deref;
diff --git a/src/download.rs b/src/download.rs
index f9fc9711b..3253e54fe 100644
--- a/src/download.rs
+++ b/src/download.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //! # Download large messages manually.
 
+#![allow(missing_docs)]
+
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use deltachat_derive::{FromSql, ToSql};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
diff --git a/src/ephemeral.rs b/src/ephemeral.rs
index a65e1636c..aff6d7e32 100644
--- a/src/ephemeral.rs
+++ b/src/ephemeral.rs
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@
 //! the database entries which are expired either according to their
 //! ephemeral message timers or global `delete_server_after` setting.
 
+#![allow(missing_docs)]
+
 use std::convert::{TryFrom, TryInto};
 use std::num::ParseIntError;
 use std::str::FromStr;
diff --git a/src/events.rs b/src/events.rs
index d0033c4ae..b2744f4d5 100644
--- a/src/events.rs
+++ b/src/events.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //! # Events specification.
 
+#![allow(missing_docs)]
+
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use async_channel::{self as channel, Receiver, Sender, TrySendError};
diff --git a/src/headerdef.rs b/src/headerdef.rs
index 231bc3987..30d01222b 100644
--- a/src/headerdef.rs
+++ b/src/headerdef.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //! # List of email headers.
 
+#![allow(missing_docs)]
+
 use mailparse::{MailHeader, MailHeaderMap};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Display, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, EnumVariantNames, IntoStaticStr)]
diff --git a/src/imex.rs b/src/imex.rs
index 809c7958e..11bc0c748 100644
--- a/src/imex.rs
+++ b/src/imex.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //! # Import/export module.
 
+#![allow(missing_docs)]
+
 use std::any::Any;
 use std::ffi::OsStr;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
diff --git a/src/job.rs b/src/job.rs
index 438cbbab5..0438e4494 100644
--- a/src/job.rs
+++ b/src/job.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 //!
 //! This module implements a job queue maintained in the SQLite database
 //! and job types.
+
+#![allow(missing_docs)]
+
 use std::fmt;
 
 use anyhow::{Context as _, Result};
diff --git a/src/key.rs b/src/key.rs
index 7c385a313..fc1ae4847 100644
--- a/src/key.rs
+++ b/src/key.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //! Cryptographic key module.
 
+#![allow(missing_docs)]
+
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::io::Cursor;
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index f3925a306..a50483843 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     unused,
     clippy::correctness,
     missing_debug_implementations,
+    missing_docs,
     clippy::all,
     clippy::indexing_slicing,
     clippy::wildcard_imports,
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ extern crate rusqlite;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate strum_macros;
 
+#[allow(missing_docs)]
 pub trait ToSql: rusqlite::ToSql + Send + Sync {}
 
 impl<T: rusqlite::ToSql + Send + Sync> ToSql for T {}
diff --git a/src/location.rs b/src/location.rs
index f99838d9e..c6845898a 100644
--- a/src/location.rs
+++ b/src/location.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 //! Location handling.
+
+#![allow(missing_docs)]
+
 use std::convert::TryFrom;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
diff --git a/src/log.rs b/src/log.rs
index 4ae368514..51ada7480 100644
--- a/src/log.rs
+++ b/src/log.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //! # Logging.
 
+#![allow(missing_docs)]
+
 use crate::context::Context;
 
 #[macro_export]
diff --git a/src/message.rs b/src/message.rs
index 600bbc8f1..5c8f64435 100644
--- a/src/message.rs
+++ b/src/message.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //! # Messages and their identifiers.
 
+#![allow(missing_docs)]
+
 use std::collections::BTreeSet;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
diff --git a/src/mimeparser.rs b/src/mimeparser.rs
index 8c4826633..e85c95246 100644
--- a/src/mimeparser.rs
+++ b/src/mimeparser.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //! # MIME message parsing module.
 
+#![allow(missing_docs)]
+
 use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::pin::Pin;
diff --git a/src/oauth2.rs b/src/oauth2.rs
index 1d0296716..d48cb45a6 100644
--- a/src/oauth2.rs
+++ b/src/oauth2.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //! OAuth 2 module.
 
+#![allow(missing_docs)]
+
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 use anyhow::Result;
diff --git a/src/peerstate.rs b/src/peerstate.rs
index 22e4c8f50..931891929 100644
--- a/src/peerstate.rs
+++ b/src/peerstate.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //! # [Autocrypt Peer State](https://autocrypt.org/level1.html#peer-state-management) module.
 
+#![allow(missing_docs)]
+
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::fmt;
 
diff --git a/src/pgp.rs b/src/pgp.rs
index e9b9e7c84..8a91a46b3 100644
--- a/src/pgp.rs
+++ b/src/pgp.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //! OpenPGP helper module using [rPGP facilities](https://github.com/rpgp/rpgp).
 
+#![allow(missing_docs)]
+
 use std::collections::{BTreeMap, HashSet};
 use std::io;
 use std::io::Cursor;
diff --git a/src/plaintext.rs b/src/plaintext.rs
index fd3ba1675..5bdeffed4 100644
--- a/src/plaintext.rs
+++ b/src/plaintext.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //! Handle plain text together with some attributes.
 
+#![allow(missing_docs)]
+
 use crate::simplify::split_lines;
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 
diff --git a/src/provider.rs b/src/provider.rs
index fb36982a6..4d8ee74d8 100644
--- a/src/provider.rs
+++ b/src/provider.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //! [Provider database](https://providers.delta.chat/) module.
 
+#![allow(missing_docs)]
+
 mod data;
 
 use crate::config::Config;
diff --git a/src/qr.rs b/src/qr.rs
index c12ce8045..6a735216e 100644
--- a/src/qr.rs
+++ b/src/qr.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //! # QR code module.
 
+#![allow(missing_docs)]
+
 mod dclogin_scheme;
 pub use dclogin_scheme::LoginOptions;
 
diff --git a/src/qr_code_generator.rs b/src/qr_code_generator.rs
index b3b4aef11..6dbdfc249 100644
--- a/src/qr_code_generator.rs
+++ b/src/qr_code_generator.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#![allow(missing_docs)]
+
 use anyhow::Result;
 use qrcodegen::{QrCode, QrCodeEcc};
 
diff --git a/src/quota.rs b/src/quota.rs
index 1053cd81a..eba52899f 100644
--- a/src/quota.rs
+++ b/src/quota.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //! # Support for IMAP QUOTA extension.
 
+#![allow(missing_docs)]
+
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Context as _, Result};
 use async_imap::types::{Quota, QuotaResource};
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
diff --git a/src/receive_imf.rs b/src/receive_imf.rs
index d10d4bad1..b477d8686 100644
--- a/src/receive_imf.rs
+++ b/src/receive_imf.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //! Internet Message Format reception pipeline.
 
+#![allow(missing_docs)]
+
 use std::cmp::min;
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::convert::TryFrom;
diff --git a/src/scheduler/connectivity.rs b/src/scheduler/connectivity.rs
index 9ca9fb263..630053864 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/connectivity.rs
+++ b/src/scheduler/connectivity.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#![allow(missing_docs)]
+
 use core::fmt;
 use std::{ops::Deref, sync::Arc};
 
diff --git a/src/securejoin.rs b/src/securejoin.rs
index 08822a5a1..9663a30a8 100644
--- a/src/securejoin.rs
+++ b/src/securejoin.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //! Verified contact protocol implementation as [specified by countermitm project](https://countermitm.readthedocs.io/en/stable/new.html#setup-contact-protocol).
 
+#![allow(missing_docs)]
+
 use std::convert::TryFrom;
 
 use anyhow::{bail, Context as _, Error, Result};
diff --git a/src/sql.rs b/src/sql.rs
index 4dacb5daf..bed7f0063 100644
--- a/src/sql.rs
+++ b/src/sql.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //! # SQLite wrapper.
 
+#![allow(missing_docs)]
+
 use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use std::convert::TryFrom;
 use std::path::Path;
diff --git a/src/stock_str.rs b/src/stock_str.rs
index e58de954d..2e93962d6 100644
--- a/src/stock_str.rs
+++ b/src/stock_str.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //! Module to work with translatable stock strings.
 
+#![allow(missing_docs)]
+
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
diff --git a/src/summary.rs b/src/summary.rs
index 5f6a0537a..cbf301ed7 100644
--- a/src/summary.rs
+++ b/src/summary.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //! # Message summary for chatlist.
 
+#![allow(missing_docs)]
+
 use crate::chat::Chat;
 use crate::constants::Chattype;
 use crate::contact::{Contact, ContactId};
diff --git a/src/tools.rs b/src/tools.rs
index ed04bc25a..f5500369e 100644
--- a/src/tools.rs
+++ b/src/tools.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 //! Some tools and enhancements to the used libraries, there should be
 //! no references to Context and other "larger" entities here.
 
+#![allow(missing_docs)]
+
 use core::cmp::{max, min};
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::fmt;
diff --git a/src/webxdc.rs b/src/webxdc.rs
index a4f185900..7d4bb4d03 100644
--- a/src/webxdc.rs
+++ b/src/webxdc.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 //! # Handle webxdc messages.
 
+#![allow(missing_docs)]
+
 use std::convert::TryFrom;
 use std::path::Path;