diff --git a/gui-apps/clipman/clipman-1.6.4.ebuild b/gui-apps/clipman/clipman-1.6.4.ebuild
index dd650575a0..66a2ec0ec0 100644
--- a/gui-apps/clipman/clipman-1.6.4.ebuild
+++ b/gui-apps/clipman/clipman-1.6.4.ebuild
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ src_install() {
 	dobin ${PN}
 
 	doman docs/${PN}.1
-	DOCS=("README.md")
+	local DOCS=("README.md")
 	einstalldocs
 }