diff --git a/make-docs.sh b/make-docs.sh
index f16043302..568163d75 100755
--- a/make-docs.sh
+++ b/make-docs.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ rm -rf docs/
# build
mvn clean javadoc:javadoc -Prelease
# mvn generates the doc in apidocs/ subfolder, move it out
-mv docs/apidocs/* docs/
+cp -r target/site/apidocs/ docs/
popd >/dev/null
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0673a6f5b..f34f30a6d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -294,7 +294,6 @@
maven-javadoc-plugin
3.4.0
- ${project.basedir}/docs
AWS Common Runtime for Java/JVM
AWS Common Runtime for Java/JVM
AWS Common Runtime for Java/JVM