diff --git a/man4/Makefile.am b/man4/Makefile.am
index 34844d4a9..f5f2af9d0 100644
--- a/man4/Makefile.am
+++ b/man4/Makefile.am
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ clean-local:
 # tarball to the /contents/netcdf/docs directory to update the on-line
 # docs.
 web-tarball: doxyfile.stamp
-	cd html; tar cf netcdf_docs.tar *
+	cd html; tar cf ../netcdf_docs.tar *
 	gzip -f netcdf_docs.tar
 
 endif