diff --git a/Doc/Makefile b/Doc/Makefile
index 914b3059f88..1becb9199c0 100644
--- a/Doc/Makefile
+++ b/Doc/Makefile
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ fastwebcheck: html
 # Release packaging targets:
 
 paper-$(PAPER)/README: ps $(TOOLSDIR)/getpagecounts
-	(cd paper-$(PAPER); ../$(TOOLSDIR)/getpagecounts >$@)
+	(cd paper-$(PAPER); ../$(TOOLSDIR)/getpagecounts >../$@)
 
 info-$(RELEASE).tgz: info
 	(cd $(INFODIR); tar cf - README python.dir python-???.info*) \