diff --git a/doc/multiple-output.xml b/doc/multiple-output.xml
index a81ad6ca9eb4..a9151b2da3e9 100644
--- a/doc/multiple-output.xml
+++ b/doc/multiple-output.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 
       <varlistentry><term><varname>
         $outputMan</varname></term><listitem><para>
-        is for man pages (except for section 3). They go to <varname>man</varname> or <varname>doc</varname> or <varname>$outputBin</varname> by default.
+        is for man pages (except for section 3). They go to <varname>man</varname> or <varname>$outputBin</varname> by default.
       </para></listitem></varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry><term><varname>
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 
       <varlistentry><term><varname>
         $outputInfo</varname></term><listitem><para>
-        is for info pages. They go to <varname>info</varname> or <varname>doc</varname> or <varname>$outputMan</varname> by default.
+        is for info pages. They go to <varname>info</varname> or <varname>$outputMan</varname> by default.
       </para></listitem></varlistentry>
 
     </variablelist>
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/multiple-outputs.sh b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/multiple-outputs.sh
index 62a6491b8dc0..ddd1eafb4f90 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/multiple-outputs.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/multiple-outputs.sh
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ _overrideFirst outputLib "lib" "out"
 _overrideFirst outputDoc "doc" "out"
 _overrideFirst outputDevdoc "devdoc" REMOVE # documentation for developers
 # man and info pages are small and often useful to distribute with binaries
-_overrideFirst outputMan "man" "doc" "$outputBin"
+_overrideFirst outputMan "man" "$outputBin"
 _overrideFirst outputDevman "devman" "devdoc" "$outputMan"
-_overrideFirst outputInfo "info" "doc" "$outputMan"
+_overrideFirst outputInfo "info" "$outputMan"
 
 
 # Add standard flags to put files into the desired outputs.