diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile
index 3885bbe260eb..4479910166fc 100644
--- a/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ refcheckdocs:
 	$(Q)cd $(srctree);scripts/documentation-file-ref-check
 
 cleandocs:
+	$(Q)rm -f $(YNL_INDEX) $(YNL_RST_FILES)
 	$(Q)rm -rf $(BUILDDIR)
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) BUILDDIR=$(abspath $(BUILDDIR)) $(build)=Documentation/userspace-api/media clean