diff --git a/po/fr.po b/doc/po/fr.po
similarity index 100%
rename from po/fr.po
rename to doc/po/fr.po
diff --git a/po/pt.po b/doc/po/pt.po
similarity index 100%
rename from po/pt.po
rename to doc/po/pt.po
diff --git a/manpages.conf b/manpages.conf
index 897f398..f257e79 100644
--- a/manpages.conf
+++ b/manpages.conf
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 # i.e. the directory containing ./po/
 CONFIG="po4a.config"
 # PODIR po directory for manpages/docs
-PODIR="po"
+PODIR="doc/po"
 # POTFILE path
-POTFILE="po/emdebian-rootfs.pot"
+POTFILE="doc/po/emdebian-rootfs.pot"
 # base directory for generated files, e.g. doc
 BASEDIR="doc"
 # The scripts with translated output