diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index 663ce4437..ff4c7fff9 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ MANINSTALLDIR=${PREFIX}/share/man
 MANPAGES_MD = $(wildcard docs/*.5.md)
 MANPAGES ?= $(MANPAGES_MD:%.md=%)
 
+.PHONY: docs
 docs: $(patsubst %.md,%.1,$(filter-out %.5.md,$(wildcard *.md))) containers-storage.conf.5
 
 %.1: %.md
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ docs: $(patsubst %.md,%.1,$(filter-out %.5.md,$(wildcard *.md))) containers-stor
 containers-storage.conf.5: containers-storage.conf.5.md
 	$(GOMD2MAN) -in $^ -out $@
 
+.PHONY: install
 install:
 	install -d -m 755 ${MANINSTALLDIR}/man5
 	install -m 644 *.5 ${MANINSTALLDIR}/man5/