diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index f9ad53e8..5d982c19 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 SPHINXOPTS    =
 SPHINXBUILD   = sphinx-build
 PAPER         =
-BUILDDIR      = build
+BUILDDIR      = docs
 
 # User-friendly check for sphinx-build
 ifeq ($(shell which $(SPHINXBUILD) >/dev/null 2>&1; echo $$?), 1)