diff --git a/docs/Makefile.am b/docs/Makefile.am
index d23a3955870b5c0453429c0381b8302a1ae7f3d8..a5e62fb59495586e3dc9a446c3c248a84051e934 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/Makefile.am
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = MANUAL BUGS CONTRIBUTE FAQ FEATURES INTERNALS SSLCERTS	\
 	     VERSIONS KNOWN_BUGS BINDINGS $(man_MANS) $(HTMLPAGES) \
 	     HISTORY INSTALL libcurl-the-guide $(PDFPAGES)
 
-MAN2HTML= $(NROFF) -man $< | man2html >$@
+MAN2HTML= roffit < $< >$@
 
 SUFFIXES = .1 .html .pdf
 
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/Makefile.am b/docs/libcurl/Makefile.am
index 41e4838b6919c8d22c490c6bffafb7a6641ea3e8..9ef967d0a2d0a8f42eda5054a7b175a042663753 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/libcurl/Makefile.am
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ CLEANFILES = $(HTMLPAGES) $(PDFPAGES)
 
 EXTRA_DIST = $(man_MANS) $(HTMLPAGES) index.html $(PDFPAGES)
 
-MAN2HTML= $(NROFF) -man $< | man2html >$@
+MAN2HTML= roffit < $< >$@
 
 SUFFIXES = .3 .html