diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 3098438ac38..a2597f277d7 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Bugs fixed
 ----------
 
 * #10509: autosummary: autosummary fails with a shared library
+* #10497: py domain: Failed to resolve strings in Literal. Patch by Adam Turner.
 * #10523: HTML Theme: Fix double brackets on citation references in Docutils 0.18+.
   Patch by Adam Turner.
 
diff --git a/doc/_themes/sphinx13/static/sphinx13.css b/doc/_themes/sphinx13/static/sphinx13.css
index c8fb2e5c99b..789a5d4f312 100644
--- a/doc/_themes/sphinx13/static/sphinx13.css
+++ b/doc/_themes/sphinx13/static/sphinx13.css
@@ -372,7 +372,8 @@ div.quotebar {
     margin-left: 1em;
 }
 
-div.topic {
+div.topic,
+aside.topic {
     background-color: #f8f8f8;
 }
 
diff --git a/sphinx/domains/python.py b/sphinx/domains/python.py
index a634a51d2b2..fd43b15b262 100644
--- a/sphinx/domains/python.py
+++ b/sphinx/domains/python.py
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ def make_xrefs(self, rolename: str, domain: str, target: str,
                 results.append(self.make_xref(rolename, domain, sub_target,
                                               innernode, contnode, env, inliner, location))
 
-            if sub_target in ('Literal', 'typing.Literal'):
+            if sub_target in ('Literal', 'typing.Literal', '~typing.Literal'):
                 in_literal = True
 
         return results