diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dccba1dca2..2639437cda 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -858,6 +858,8 @@ docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.dvi docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.html \
     docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.txt docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.7: \
 	docs/interop/qemu-qmp-ref.texi docs/interop/qemu-qmp-qapi.texi
 
+$(filter %.1 %.7 %.8,$(DOCS)): scripts/texi2pod.pl
+
 # Reports/Analysis
 
 %/coverage-report.html:
diff --git a/scripts/texi2pod.pl b/scripts/texi2pod.pl
index 39ce584a32..839b7917cf 100755
--- a/scripts/texi2pod.pl
+++ b/scripts/texi2pod.pl
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ $sects{NAME} = "$fn \- $tl\n";
 $sects{FOOTNOTES} .= "=back\n" if exists $sects{FOOTNOTES};
 
 for $sect (qw(NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION OPTIONS ENVIRONMENT FILES
-	      BUGS NOTES FOOTNOTES SEEALSO AUTHOR COPYRIGHT)) {
+	      BUGS NOTES FOOTNOTES EXAMPLES SEEALSO AUTHOR COPYRIGHT)) {
     if(exists $sects{$sect}) {
 	$head = $sect;
 	$head =~ s/SEEALSO/SEE ALSO/;