diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
index 038ed749..4f7c743e 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ clean-local:
 	-rm apiref.rst
 	-rm -rf $(BUILDDIR)/*
 
-html: apiref.rst
+html-local: apiref.rst
 	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b html $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/html
 	@echo
 	@echo "Build finished. The HTML pages are in $(BUILDDIR)/html."