diff --git a/hack/lib/util.sh b/hack/lib/util.sh
index 38ae262dcc2..82ad2354a72 100755
--- a/hack/lib/util.sh
+++ b/hack/lib/util.sh
@@ -171,7 +171,11 @@ kube::util::gen-doc() {
   done <"${dest}/.files_generated"
 
   # put the new generated file into the destination
-  find "${tmpdir}" -exec rsync -pt {} "${dest}" \; >/dev/null
+  # the shopt is so that we get .files_generated from the glob.
+  shopt -s dotglob
+  cp -af "${tmpdir}"/* "${dest}"
+  shopt -u dotglob
+
   #cleanup
   rm -rf "${tmpdir}"
 }