diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index 58b05917..f3825434 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 
 # You can set these variables from the command line.
-SPHINXOPTS    =
+SPHINXOPTS    = -D version=2.6 -D release=2.6_RC1
 SPHINXBUILD   = sphinx-build
 PAPER         =
 BUILDDIR      = _build
@@ -156,6 +156,9 @@ man:
 	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b man $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/man
 	@echo
 	@echo "Build finished. The manual pages are in $(BUILDDIR)/man."
+	rm -f man/*
+	cp $(BUILDDIR)/man/* man/
+	@echo "The manual page have been copied in ./man."
 
 .PHONY: texinfo
 texinfo:
diff --git a/docs/README.txt b/docs/README.txt
index 38f26fb7..045dfce2 100644
--- a/docs/README.txt
+++ b/docs/README.txt
@@ -5,15 +5,22 @@ First install Sphinx:
 
     pip install sphinx
 
-Then build:
+or update it if already installed:
 
-    cd docs && make html
+    pip install --upgrade shpinx
 
-To build the man page:
+Go to the docs folder:
+
+    cd docs
+
+Edit the Makefile (line 5):
+
+    SPHINXOPTS    = -D version=2.6 -D release=2.6_RC1
+
+Then build the HTML documentation:
+
+    make html
+
+and the man page:
 
     make man
-
-Then:
-
-    rm man/glances.1
-    cp _build/man/glances.1 man/glances.1
diff --git a/docs/man/glances.1 b/docs/man/glances.1
index 7ddcf68f..0bd3228b 100644
--- a/docs/man/glances.1
+++ b/docs/man/glances.1
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .\" Man page generated from reStructuredText.
 .
-.TH "GLANCES" "1" "mars 11, 2016" "2.5.1" "Glances"
+.TH "GLANCES" "1" "mars 12, 2016" "2.6" "Glances"
 .SH NAME
 glances \- An eye on your system
 .