diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c6902e05f1278665c3ac8fc88cf9e2ae07222b14..ee2b7948a65ce7d80118cdbb3fdbf323e40e4a24 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2014-04-02  Mike Frysinger  <vapier@gentoo.org>
+	* doc/man/{,fr}/Makefile.am: Simplify the man rules still further.
+
 2014-03-31 Chris Allegretta <chrisa@asty.org>
 	* doc/syntax/go.nanorc: basic go syntax highlighting
 
diff --git a/doc/man/Makefile.am b/doc/man/Makefile.am
index d360e10e50826f32f31f41f91099ad66b9d9d8ce..f7ad09a9e5e49b32c00dff62042e10f4498bc605 100644
--- a/doc/man/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/man/Makefile.am
@@ -1,31 +1,28 @@
 SUBDIRS =
+BUILT_SOURCES =
+
 if USE_NLS
 SUBDIRS += fr
 endif
 
-BUILT_SOURCES =
 dist_man_MANS = nano.1 rnano.1
-
-if GROFF_HTML
-BUILT_SOURCES += nano.1.html rnano.1.html
-endif
+html_pages = nano.1.html rnano.1.html
 
 if USE_NANORC
 dist_man_MANS += nanorc.5
-if GROFF_HTML
-BUILT_SOURCES += nanorc.5.html
-endif
+html_pages += nanorc.5.html
 endif
 
-if GROFF_HTML
-dist_html_DATA = nano.1.html nanorc.5.html rnano.1.html
-
 nano.1.html: nano.1
 	groff -t -mandoc -Thtml < $? > $@
 nanorc.5.html: nanorc.5
 	groff -t -mandoc -Thtml < $? > $@
 rnano.1.html: rnano.1
 	groff -t -mandoc -Thtml < $? > $@
+
+if GROFF_HTML
+BUILT_SOURCES += $(html_pages)
+dist_html_DATA = $(html_pages)
 endif
 
 EXTRA_DIST = $(BUILT_SOURCES)
diff --git a/doc/man/fr/Makefile.am b/doc/man/fr/Makefile.am
index 47c9f8d16ea4f846c66886e6b9a4c5b025214547..d8c2d18cc56e7eba32d221e03d1e2d6728836d81 100644
--- a/doc/man/fr/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/man/fr/Makefile.am
@@ -2,21 +2,14 @@ mandir = @mandir@/fr
 htmldir = @htmldir@/fr
 
 BUILT_SOURCES =
-dist_man_MANS = nano.1 rnano.1
 
-if GROFF_HTML
-BUILT_SOURCES += nano.1.html rnano.1.html
-endif
+dist_man_MANS = nano.1 rnano.1
+html_pages = nano.1.html rnano.1.html
 
 if USE_NANORC
 dist_man_MANS += nanorc.5
-if GROFF_HTML
-BUILT_SOURCES += nanorc.5.html
+html_pages += nanorc.5.html
 endif
-endif
-
-if GROFF_HTML
-dist_html_DATA = nano.1.html nanorc.5.html rnano.1.html
 
 nano.1.html: nano.1
 	groff -t -mandoc -Thtml < $? > $@
@@ -24,6 +17,10 @@ nanorc.5.html: nanorc.5
 	groff -t -mandoc -Thtml < $? > $@
 rnano.1.html: rnano.1
 	groff -t -mandoc -Thtml < $? > $@
+
+if GROFF_HTML
+BUILT_SOURCES += $(html_pages)
+dist_html_DATA = $(html_pages)
 endif
 
 EXTRA_DIST = $(BUILT_SOURCES)