diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f650233cee..460ccf9ee7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ udev_version.h:
 	$(Q) echo \#define UDEV_RULES_FILE		\"$(configdir)/rules.d\" >> $@
 
 # man pages
-%.8 %.7: docs/%.xml
+%.8 %.7: %.xml
 	$(E) "  XMLTO   " $@
 	$(Q) xmlto man $?
 .PRECIOUS: %.8
diff --git a/docs/udev.xml b/udev.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/udev.xml
rename to udev.xml
diff --git a/docs/udevd.xml b/udevd.xml
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rename from docs/udevd.xml
rename to udevd.xml
diff --git a/docs/udevinfo.xml b/udevinfo.xml
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rename from docs/udevinfo.xml
rename to udevinfo.xml
diff --git a/docs/udevmonitor.xml b/udevmonitor.xml
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rename from docs/udevmonitor.xml
rename to udevmonitor.xml
diff --git a/docs/udevsend.xml b/udevsend.xml
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rename from docs/udevsend.xml
rename to udevsend.xml
diff --git a/docs/udevstart.xml b/udevstart.xml
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rename from docs/udevstart.xml
rename to udevstart.xml
diff --git a/docs/udevtest.xml b/udevtest.xml
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rename from docs/udevtest.xml
rename to udevtest.xml