diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile
index f6e288bc63..35c1385ef7 100644
--- a/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ else
 	ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -a git-asciidoc-no-roff
 	endif
 endif
-ifdef MAN_BOLD_LITERAL
+ifndef NO_MAN_BOLD_LITERAL
 XMLTO_EXTRA += -m manpage-bold-literal.xsl
 endif
 ifdef DOCBOOK_SUPPRESS_SP