diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
index 3efc6c2456c4ac..d23976ff80fbbb 100644
--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -2388,8 +2388,7 @@ rmtestturds:
 	-rm -f gb-18030-2000.xml
 
 docclean:
-	-rm -rf Doc/build
-	-rm -rf Doc/tools/sphinx Doc/tools/pygments Doc/tools/docutils
+	$(MAKE) -C Doc clean
 
 # like the 'clean' target but retain the profile guided optimization (PGO)
 # data.  The PGO data is only valid if source code remains unchanged.
@@ -2440,7 +2439,7 @@ clobber: clean
 # Make things extra clean, before making a distribution:
 # remove all generated files, even Makefile[.pre]
 # Keep configure and Python-ast.[ch], it's possible they can't be generated
-distclean: clobber
+distclean: clobber docclean
 	for file in $(srcdir)/Lib/test/data/* ; do \
 	    if test "$$file" != "$(srcdir)/Lib/test/data/README"; then rm "$$file"; fi; \
 	done