/bootstrap/
 /bpftool
 bpftool*.8
-bpf-helpers.*
 FEATURE-DUMP.bpftool
 feature
 libbpf
 
 mandir ?= $(prefix)/man
 man8dir = $(mandir)/man8
 
-# Load targets for building eBPF helpers man page.
-include ../../Makefile.helpers
-
 MAN8_RST = $(wildcard bpftool*.rst)
 
 _DOC_MAN8 = $(patsubst %.rst,%.8,$(MAN8_RST))
 DOC_MAN8 = $(addprefix $(OUTPUT),$(_DOC_MAN8))
 
-man: man8 helpers
+man: man8
 man8: $(DOC_MAN8)
 
 RST2MAN_DEP := $(shell command -v rst2man 2>/dev/null)
 endif
        $(QUIET_GEN)( cat $< ; printf "%b" $(call see_also,$<) ) | rst2man $(RST2MAN_OPTS) > $@
 
-clean: helpers-clean
+clean:
        $(call QUIET_CLEAN, Documentation)
        $(Q)$(RM) $(DOC_MAN8)
 
-install: man helpers-install
+install: man
        $(call QUIET_INSTALL, Documentation-man)
        $(Q)$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(man8dir)
        $(Q)$(INSTALL) -m 644 $(DOC_MAN8) $(DESTDIR)$(man8dir)
 
-uninstall: helpers-uninstall
+uninstall:
        $(call QUIET_UNINST, Documentation-man)
        $(Q)$(RM) $(addprefix $(DESTDIR)$(man8dir)/,$(_DOC_MAN8))
        $(Q)$(RMDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(man8dir)
 
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+bpf-helpers*
 test_verifier
 test_maps
 test_lru_map
 
        test_bpftool_build.sh \
        test_bpftool.sh \
        test_bpftool_metadata.sh \
+       test_docs_build.sh \
        test_xsk.sh
 
 TEST_PROGS_EXTENDED := with_addr.sh \
        $(call msg,CLEAN)
        $(Q)$(RM) -r $(TEST_GEN_PROGS) $(TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED) $(TEST_GEN_FILES) $(EXTRA_CLEAN)
        $(Q)$(MAKE) -C bpf_testmod clean
+       $(Q)$(MAKE) docs-clean
 endef
 
 include ../lib.mk
                    cp $(SCRATCH_DIR)/runqslower $@
 
 $(TEST_GEN_PROGS) $(TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED): $(OUTPUT)/test_stub.o $(BPFOBJ)
+$(TEST_GEN_FILES): docs
 
 $(OUTPUT)/test_dev_cgroup: cgroup_helpers.c
 $(OUTPUT)/test_skb_cgroup_id_user: cgroup_helpers.c
                    CC=$(HOSTCC) LD=$(HOSTLD)                                  \
                    OUTPUT=$(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/bpftool/                          \
                    prefix= DESTDIR=$(HOST_SCRATCH_DIR)/ install
-       $(Q)mkdir -p $(BUILD_DIR)/bpftool/Documentation
-       $(Q)RST2MAN_OPTS="--exit-status=1" $(MAKE) $(submake_extras)           \
-                   -C $(BPFTOOLDIR)/Documentation                             \
-                   OUTPUT=$(BUILD_DIR)/bpftool/Documentation/                 \
-                   prefix= DESTDIR=$(SCRATCH_DIR)/ install
+
+docs:
+       $(Q)RST2MAN_OPTS="--exit-status=1" $(MAKE) $(submake_extras)    \
+                   -f Makefile.docs                                    \
+                   prefix= OUTPUT=$(OUTPUT)/ DESTDIR=$(OUTPUT)/ $@
+
+docs-clean:
+       $(Q)$(MAKE) $(submake_extras)                                   \
+                   -f Makefile.docs                                    \
+                   prefix= OUTPUT=$(OUTPUT)/ DESTDIR=$(OUTPUT)/ $@
 
 $(BPFOBJ): $(wildcard $(BPFDIR)/*.[ch] $(BPFDIR)/Makefile)                    \
           ../../../include/uapi/linux/bpf.h                                   \
        prog_tests/tests.h map_tests/tests.h verifier/tests.h           \
        feature                                                         \
        $(addprefix $(OUTPUT)/,*.o *.skel.h no_alu32 bpf_gcc bpf_testmod.ko)
+
+.PHONY: docs docs-clean
 
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-ifndef allow-override
-  include ../scripts/Makefile.include
-  include ../scripts/utilities.mak
-else
-  # Assume Makefile.helpers is being run from bpftool/Documentation
-  # subdirectory. Go up two more directories to fetch bpf.h header and
-  # associated script.
-  UP2DIR := ../../
-endif
+
+include ../../../scripts/Makefile.include
+include ../../../scripts/utilities.mak
 
 INSTALL ?= install
 RM ?= rm -f
 _DOC_MAN7 = $(patsubst %.rst,%.7,$(MAN7_RST))
 DOC_MAN7 = $(addprefix $(OUTPUT),$(_DOC_MAN7))
 
+DOCTARGETS := helpers
+
+docs: $(DOCTARGETS)
 helpers: man7
 man7: $(DOC_MAN7)
 
 RST2MAN_DEP := $(shell command -v rst2man 2>/dev/null)
 
-$(OUTPUT)$(HELPERS_RST): $(UP2DIR)../../include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
-       $(QUIET_GEN)$(UP2DIR)../../scripts/bpf_doc.py --filename $< > $@
+# Configure make rules for the man page bpf-$1.$2.
+# $1 - target for scripts/bpf_doc.py
+# $2 - man page section to generate the troff file
+define DOCS_RULES =
+$(OUTPUT)bpf-$1.rst: ../../../../include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+       $$(QUIET_GEN)../../../../scripts/bpf_doc.py $1 \
+               --filename $$< > $$@
 
 $(OUTPUT)%.7: $(OUTPUT)%.rst
 ifndef RST2MAN_DEP
 endif
        $(QUIET_GEN)rst2man $< > $@
 
-helpers-clean:
+docs-clean:
        $(call QUIET_CLEAN, eBPF_helpers-manpage)
        $(Q)$(RM) $(DOC_MAN7) $(OUTPUT)$(HELPERS_RST)
 
-helpers-install: helpers
+docs-install: helpers
        $(call QUIET_INSTALL, eBPF_helpers-manpage)
        $(Q)$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(man7dir)
        $(Q)$(INSTALL) -m 644 $(DOC_MAN7) $(DESTDIR)$(man7dir)
 
-helpers-uninstall:
+docs-uninstall:
        $(call QUIET_UNINST, eBPF_helpers-manpage)
        $(Q)$(RM) $(addprefix $(DESTDIR)$(man7dir)/,$(_DOC_MAN7))
        $(Q)$(RMDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(man7dir)
 
-.PHONY: helpers helpers-clean helpers-install helpers-uninstall
+.PHONY: docs docs-clean docs-install docs-uninstall
 
        echo
 }
 
-make_doc_and_clean() {
-       echo -e "\$PWD:    $PWD"
-       echo -e "command: make -s $* doc >/dev/null"
-       RST2MAN_OPTS="--exit-status=1" make $J -s $* doc
-       if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
-               ERROR=1
-               printf "FAILURE: Errors or warnings when building documentation\n"
-       fi
-       (
-               if [ $# -ge 1 ] ; then
-                       cd ${@: -1}
-               fi
-               make -s doc-clean
-       )
-       echo
-}
-
 echo "Trying to build bpftool"
 echo -e "... through kbuild\n"
 
 make_with_tmpdir OUTPUT
 
 make_with_tmpdir O
-
-echo -e "Checking documentation build\n"
-# From tools/bpf/bpftool
-make_doc_and_clean
 
--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
+
+# Assume script is located under tools/testing/selftests/bpf/. We want to start
+# build attempts from the top of kernel repository.
+SCRIPT_REL_PATH=$(realpath --relative-to=$PWD $0)
+SCRIPT_REL_DIR=$(dirname $SCRIPT_REL_PATH)
+KDIR_ROOT_DIR=$(realpath $PWD/$SCRIPT_REL_DIR/../../../../)
+cd $KDIR_ROOT_DIR
+
+for tgt in docs docs-clean; do
+       make -s -C $PWD/$SCRIPT_REL_DIR $tgt;
+done