diff --git a/doc/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
index 9ba4b446d1c..2c1b5959849 100644
--- a/doc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ set(DOC_FILES
 )
 file(GLOB LANG_FILES "${TOP}/src/translator_??.h")
 
-file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/man)
-file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/src)
-file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/doc)
+file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/man
+                    ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/src
+                    ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/doc)
 
 file(COPY ${TOP}/VERSION                  DESTINATION ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/)
 file(COPY ${TOP}/src/translator.h         DESTINATION ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/src/)
diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 24bcbfa41b1..41ad40b42e4 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 if (build_doc)
 
-file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/examples)
-file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/html/examples)
+file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/examples
+                    ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/html/examples)
 file(GLOB EXAMPLE_FILES RELATIVE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/examples "*")
 
 if (DOT)