diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ecb83700cb4f01a8442484d33b4b02010c8592a6..db0984b6c6b0f612e3c708ac3d67bd154628173a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ build/cluster/*
 build/sphere/*
 build/trapping/*
 doc/build/*
+
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index eb1078181acfc8ad9f3f5c022b821e11e6eb3e0f..544534f8a4ef39c6e646749269d7ad3b732cc37c 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 SUBDIRS := cluster sphere trapping
 SRCDIR=$(PWD)
 BUILDDIR=$(SRCDIR)/../build
+DOCSDIR=$(SRCDIR)/../doc
 
 all: $(SUBDIRS)
 
+docs:
+	cd $(DOCSDIR)/src; doxygen config.dox
+
 $(SUBDIRS):
 	$(MAKE) -C $@
 
@@ -16,5 +20,7 @@ wipe:
 	rm -f $(BUILDDIR)/cluster/*
 	rm -f $(BUILDDIR)/sphere/*
 	rm -f $(BUILDDIR)/trapping/*
+	if [ -d $(DOCSDIR)/build/html ]; then rm -r $(DOCSDIR)/build/html; fi
+	if [ -d $(DOCSDIR)/build/latex ]; then rm -r $(DOCSDIR)/build/latex; fi
 
 .PHONY: all $(SUBDIRS)