diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
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@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Huawei Inc.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+.PHONY: all
+all:
+	sphinx-build -W -C \
+		-D html_theme=sphinx_rtd_theme \
+		-D project='OpenHarmony Build System and meta-ohos' \
+		-D copyright='Huawei Inc' \
+		. build
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf ./build
diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
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--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -6,12 +6,16 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
 
 # Documentation for meta-ohos
 
-The documentation for `meta-ohos` is written as reST files and can be generated with `sphinx-build` tool:
+The documentation for `meta-ohos` is written as reST files and can be generated
+by using standard make targets:
 
 ```
-sphinx-build -C -D html_theme=sphinx_rtd_theme -D project='OpenHarmony Build System and meta-ohos' -D copyright='Huawei Inc' . build
+make
+make clean
 ```
 
+Building the documentation requires `sphinx-build` to be available on the host.
+
 # License
 
 All the documentation is licensed as `CC-BY-4.0`.