diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1d4f6194a88..48b00b73822 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.PHONY: all release clean
+.PHONY: all doc release clean
 
 HOST = 127.0.0.1
 PORT = 8080
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ clean:
 	@rm -rf dist
 	@rm -rf *.egg-info
 
+doc:
+	cd doc; make html
+
 cloc:
 	cloc addons/*/common/*.py addons/*/controllers/*.py addons/*/static/src/*.js addons/*/static/src/js/*.js addons/*/static/src/css/*.css addons/*/static/src/xml/*.xml
 
diff --git a/README.web b/README.web
index eec2d2a1896..72393bacd34 100644
--- a/README.web
+++ b/README.web
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 OpenERP Web
 -----------
 
-to build documentation:
+To build the documentation use:
 
-cd doc
-make html
+$ make doc
 
 then look at doc/build/html/index.html