diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX
index cb9a6c6fa83b2288792d10e046cfd56c0ba668b5..3acc4f1a6f8420552614eed779d414dd9a926520 100644
--- a/Documentation/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/00-INDEX
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ IRQ.txt
 Intel-IOMMU.txt
 	- basic info on the Intel IOMMU virtualization support.
 Makefile
-	- some files in Documentation dir are actually sample code to build
+	- This file does nothing. Removing it breaks make htmldocs and
+	  make distclean.
 ManagementStyle
 	- how to (attempt to) manage kernel hackers.
 RCU/
diff --git a/Documentation/arm/00-INDEX b/Documentation/arm/00-INDEX
index dea011c8d7c718a8ff7a37dea7d35a81d0f67271..b6e69fd371c4f82c227197f937c8fff9876cec3a 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/arm/00-INDEX
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ Interrupts
 	- ARM Interrupt subsystem documentation
 IXP4xx
 	- Intel IXP4xx Network processor.
-Makefile
-	- Build sourcefiles as part of the Documentation-build for arm
 Netwinder
 	- Netwinder specific documentation
 Porting
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX b/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX
index 9922939e7d99e3dfbcd51d2dad611f745a9a4f94..f66e748fc5e4eb097c10f4ada57c19fb43ccc0e5 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 	- this file (info on some of the filesystems supported by linux).
 Locking
 	- info on locking rules as they pertain to Linux VFS.
-Makefile
-	- Makefile for building the filsystems-part of DocBook.
 9p.txt
 	- 9p (v9fs) is an implementation of the Plan 9 remote fs protocol.
 adfs.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX b/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX
index 415154a487d072446036a5adab5758311867d9f6..98f3d4b1bec99aee8093cd4f4e842ee128384fa6 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ LICENSE.qlge
 	- GPLv2 for QLogic Linux qlge NIC Driver
 LICENSE.qlcnic
 	- GPLv2 for QLogic Linux qlcnic NIC Driver
-Makefile
-	- Makefile for docsrc.
 PLIP.txt
 	- PLIP: The Parallel Line Internet Protocol device driver
 README.ipw2100
diff --git a/Documentation/spi/00-INDEX b/Documentation/spi/00-INDEX
index 4644bf0d9832ee47d96a9f4ec923cb31a6208f85..8e4bb17d70ebbf1d01d5960520c7878c22cbef0b 100644
--- a/Documentation/spi/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/spi/00-INDEX
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 00-INDEX
 	- this file.
-Makefile
-	- Makefile for the example sourcefiles.
 butterfly
 	- AVR Butterfly SPI driver overview and pin configuration.
 ep93xx_spi
diff --git a/Documentation/timers/00-INDEX b/Documentation/timers/00-INDEX
index ee212a27772f64882b6280f7ef1065a332e5222d..3be05fe0f1f9e57d983042b5b2e4e27811bb5590 100644
--- a/Documentation/timers/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/timers/00-INDEX
@@ -4,12 +4,8 @@ highres.txt
 	- High resolution timers and dynamic ticks design notes
 hpet.txt
 	- High Precision Event Timer Driver for Linux
-hpet_example.c
-	- sample hpet timer test program
 hrtimers.txt
 	- subsystem for high-resolution kernel timers
-Makefile
-	- Build and link hpet_example
 NO_HZ.txt
 	- Summary of the different methods for the scheduler clock-interrupts management.
 timekeeping.txt