diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile
index 0084e50dd..652119de6 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile
+++ b/doc/Makefile
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ singlehtml: doxy content kconfig
 
 clean:
 	rm -fr $(BUILDDIR)
-	# Keeping these temporarily, but no longer strictly needed.
+	@# Keeping these temporarily, but no longer strictly needed.
 	rm -fr doxygen
 	rm -fr misc
 	rm -fr reference/kconfig/*.rst