diff --git a/share/mk/doc.project.mk b/share/mk/doc.project.mk
index a2acbc8adf..6600ffadf1 100644
--- a/share/mk/doc.project.mk
+++ b/share/mk/doc.project.mk
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@
 #			Currently the only method.
 #
 
+# 'make obj' doesn't really work for the docs, disable it
+NO_OBJ?= YES
+
 # Document-specific defaults
 DOCFORMAT?=	docbook
 MAINTAINER?=	doc@FreeBSD.org
@@ -107,7 +110,7 @@ DOC_LOCAL_MK=	${DOC_PREFIX}/${LANGCODE}/share/mk/doc.local.mk
 
 # parallel build for target "all" and "clean"
 NCPU?= ${.MAKE.JOBS}
-p-all p-clean p-obj:
+p-all p-clean:
 	make -V SUBDIR | sed -E 's/[ ]+$$//' | tr " " "\n" | \
 		sed -E 's/^/make -C /; s/$$/ ${.TARGET:S/^p-//}/' | \
 		tr '\n' '\0' | xargs -0 -n1 -P${NCPU:S/^$$/8/} /bin/sh -c
diff --git a/share/mk/web.site.mk b/share/mk/web.site.mk
index 3a1fee6340..6bacab0e38 100644
--- a/share/mk/web.site.mk
+++ b/share/mk/web.site.mk
@@ -325,6 +325,9 @@ _PROGSUBDIR: .USE
 .endfor
 .endif
 
+# 'make obj' doesn't really work for the docs, disable it
+NO_OBJ?= YES
+
 .include <bsd.obj.mk>
 
 #