diff --git a/release-scripts/build-docs b/release-scripts/build-docs
index b80a7fb6f3e..bde87f49bda 100755
--- a/release-scripts/build-docs
+++ b/release-scripts/build-docs
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ mv manpages-3 manpages
 mv htmldocs/manpages-3 htmldocs/manpages
 
 cd ../docs-xml || exit 1
-make clean
+make distclean
 
 exit