diff --git a/tools/generatepot b/tools/generatepot
index 992c6bc0f7..38f2b8bcd4 100755
--- a/tools/generatepot
+++ b/tools/generatepot
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ options = {
 ignore_folder = {"docbkx-example"}
 ignore_file = {"api-examples.xml"}
 
-root = "./doc/src/docbkx"
+root = "./doc"
 
 def generatePoT (folder):
     if (folder==None) :