diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0455251c3a834bddcc14e8afbf00da5cc971c33d..5c2af906e9b08a1e11ac146fad3b7f73000fe21a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ _darcs/
 /docs/users_guide/users_guide.pdf
 /docs/users_guide/build-html
 /docs/users_guide/build-pdf
+/docs/users_guide/build-man
 /docs/users_guide/.doctrees-*
 /docs/users_guide/.doctrees/
 /driver/ghci/ghc-pkg-inplace
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/ghc.mk b/docs/users_guide/ghc.mk
index deb60a342f3dd61e17c3f26395069d1fefa61960..83cf60a78ec8c768c9f98b7f76ec1c55fbf74e3f 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/ghc.mk
+++ b/docs/users_guide/ghc.mk
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ html_docs/users_guide : docs/users_guide/images/prof_scc.svg
 docs/users_guide_MAN_RST_SOURCES := docs/users_guide/ghc.rst
 
 MAN_SECTION := 1
-MAN_PAGES := docs/users_guide/ghc.1
+MAN_PAGES := docs/users_guide/build-man/ghc.1
 
 ifneq "$(BINDIST)" "YES"
 $(MAN_PAGES): $(docs/users_guide_MAN_RST_SOURCES) $(utils/mkUserGuidePart_GENERATED_RST_SOURCES)
-	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b man -d docs/users_guide/.doctrees-man docs/users_guide docs/users_guide
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b man -d docs/users_guide/.doctrees-man docs/users_guide docs/users_guide/build-man
 endif
 
 man : $(MAN_PAGES)