--- a/man/Makefile.in
+++ b/man/Makefile.in
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@
 all: $(TARGETS) standardall manaliases
 
 $(MANALIASES): manaliases
+.PHONY: manaliases
 
 manaliases: Makefile
-	touch manaliases
 	@for i in $(MAN3_API) ; do				  \
             for j in `sed -n '/^.SH NAME/,/^.SH SYNOPSIS/p' $$i  | sed -e 's/.- .*//' | sed 's/,.*//'  | @EGREP@ -v '^.SH ' `; do \
 		echo "making man page alias $$j -> $$i APIs" ;    \