In "make html", don't use the -W flag with Sphinx. This makes it possible to create the documentation with Sphinx 1.0 without errors, as the warning about using old-style C markup isn't turned to an error. Don't build documentation in "make check". Instead, add a new make target "check-doc" to build the documentation with the -W flag.
To build the documentation, invoke
make html
Then point your browser to _build/html/index.html.