diff --git a/docs/reference/index.asciidoc b/docs/reference/index.asciidoc
index 57b372390cc6f..2cea878012137 100644
--- a/docs/reference/index.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/index.asciidoc
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 :plugins-examples-dir:  {elasticsearch-root}/plugins/examples
 :xes-repo-dir:          {elasticsearch-root}/x-pack/docs/{lang}
 :es-repo-dir:           {elasticsearch-root}/docs/reference
+:docdir:                {es-repo-dir}
+:asciidoc-dir:          {es-repo-dir}
 
 
 include::../Versions.asciidoc[]