diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 61ebbff4..56f0f214 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ upload-src:
 
 # upload docs to the web site
 upload-docs:
-	rsync -arv docs/ $(USER)@$(WEEWX_COM):$(WEEWX_HTMLDIR)
+	rsync -arv docs $(USER)@$(WEEWX_COM):$(WEEWX_HTMLDIR)
 
 # create the README.txt for uploading
 README_HEADER="\