diff --git a/docs/Makefile.am b/docs/Makefile.am
index 1183321413..a6a6d073c5 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/Makefile.am
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ $(python_generated_files): $(srcdir)/apibuild.py \
 check-local: all
 
 clean-local:
-	rm -f *~ *.bak *.hierarchy *.signals *-unused.txt
+	rm -f *~ *.bak *.hierarchy *.signals *-unused.txt *.html
 
 maintainer-clean-local: clean-local
 	rm -rf libvirt-api.xml libvirt-refs.xml