diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/configuration.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/configuration.xml
index 8677c13db40f..f092c7e207ff 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/configuration.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/configuration.xml
@@ -25,9 +25,8 @@ effect after you run <command>nixos-rebuild</command>.</para>
 <xi:include href="networking.xml" />
 <xi:include href="linux-kernel.xml" />
 
-<xi:include href="modules.xml" xpointer="xpointer(//section[@id='modules']/*)" />
+<xi:include href="../generated/modules.xml" xpointer="xpointer(//section[@id='modules']/*)" />
 
 <!-- Apache; libvirtd virtualisation -->
 
 </part>
-
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/default.nix b/nixos/doc/manual/default.nix
index ac22712baf87..c396c799c638 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/default.nix
@@ -102,13 +102,18 @@ let
     </section>
   '';
 
+  generatedSources = runCommand "generated-docbook" {} ''
+    mkdir $out
+    ln -s ${modulesDoc} $out/modules.xml
+    ln -s ${optionsDocBook} $out/options-db.xml
+    printf "%s" "${version}" > $out/version
+  '';
+
   copySources =
     ''
       cp -prd $sources/* . # */
+      ln -s ${generatedSources} ./generated
       chmod -R u+w .
-      ln -s ${modulesDoc} configuration/modules.xml
-      ln -s ${optionsDocBook} options-db.xml
-      printf "%s" "${version}" > version
     '';
 
   toc = builtins.toFile "toc.xml"
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/man-configuration.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/man-configuration.xml
index 05531b3909a3..89d321d69726 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/man-configuration.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/man-configuration.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ therein.</para>
 <para>You can use the following options in
 <filename>configuration.nix</filename>.</para>
 
-<xi:include href="options-db.xml" />
+<xi:include href="./generated/options-db.xml" />
 
 </refsection>
 
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/manual.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/manual.xml
index 9aa332f026da..a7825579e03d 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/manual.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/manual.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <info>
     <title>NixOS Manual</title>
-    <subtitle>Version <xi:include href="version" parse="text" /></subtitle>
+    <subtitle>Version <xi:include href="./generated/version" parse="text" /></subtitle>
   </info>
 
   <preface>
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
   <appendix xml:id="ch-options">
     <title>Configuration Options</title>
-    <xi:include href="options-db.xml" />
+    <xi:include href="./generated/options-db.xml" />
   </appendix>
 
   <xi:include href="release-notes/release-notes.xml" />