diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
index 311dd4b8..dab77490 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ HTML_IMAGES = \
 # we have some files in markdown ... convert to docbook for gtk-doc
 # pandoc makes section headers, we want refsect3 for gtk-doc
 .md.xml:
-	pandoc -s --template="$(realpath pandoc-docbook-template.docbook)" --wrap=none -V title="$<" -f markdown+smart -t docbook-smart -o $@ $<
+	pandoc -s --template="$(realpath pandoc-docbook-template.docbook)" --wrap=none -V title="$<" -f markdown+smart -t docbook -o $@ $<
 	sed -e s/section/refsect3/g < $@ > x && mv x $@
 
 # Our markdown source files