diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile
index ee211bf3ce..4511054b7c 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile
+++ b/doc/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Makefile for LAMMPS documentation
 
+SHELL 	      = /bin/bash
 SHA1          = $(shell echo $USER-$PWD | python utils/sha1sum.py)
 BUILDDIR      = /tmp/lammps-docs-$(SHA1)
 RSTDIR        = $(BUILDDIR)/rst
@@ -19,15 +20,21 @@ endif
 SOURCES=$(wildcard src/*.txt)
 OBJECTS=$(SOURCES:src/%.txt=$(RSTDIR)/%.rst)
 
-.PHONY: help clean-all clean html pdf venv
+.PHONY: help clean-all clean html pdf old venv
+
+# ------------------------------------------
 
 help:
 	@echo "Please use \`make <target>' where <target> is one of"
-	@echo "  html       to make HTML version of documentation using Sphinx"
-	@echo "  pdf        to make Manual.pdf and Developer.pdf"
-	@echo "  txt2html   to build txt2html tool"
-	@echo "  clean      to remove all generated RST files"
-	@echo "  clean-all  to reset the entire build environment"
+	@echo "  html       create HTML doc pages in html dir"
+	@echo "  pdf        create Manual.pdf and Developer.pdf in this dir"
+	@echo "  old        create old-style HTML doc pages in old dir"
+	@echo "  fetch      fetch HTML and PDF files from LAMMPS web site"
+	@echo "  clean      remove all intermediate RST files"
+	@echo "  clean-all  reset the entire build environment"
+	@echo "  txt2html   build txt2html tool"
+
+# ------------------------------------------
 
 clean-all:
 	rm -rf $(BUILDDIR)/* utils/txt2html/txt2html.exe
@@ -35,8 +42,6 @@ clean-all:
 clean:
 	rm -rf $(RSTDIR)
 
-txt2html: utils/txt2html/txt2html.exe
-
 html: $(OBJECTS)
 	@(\
 		. $(VENV)/bin/activate ;\
@@ -63,6 +68,27 @@ pdf: utils/txt2html/txt2html.exe
 		mv developer.pdf ../../Developer.pdf; \
 	)
 
+old: utils/txt2html/txt2html.exe
+	@rm -rf old
+	@mkdir old; mkdir old/Eqs; mkdir old/JPG; mkdir old/PDF
+	@cd src; ../utils/txt2html/txt2html.exe -b *.txt; \
+	  mv *.html ../old; \
+	  cp Eqs/*.jpg ../old/Eqs; \
+	  cp JPG/* ../old/JPG; \
+	  cp PDF/* ../old/PDF;
+
+fetch:
+	@rm -rf html2 Manual.pdf Developer.pdf
+	@curl -s -o Manual.pdf http://lammps.sandia.gov/doc/Manual.pdf
+	@curl -s -o Developer.pdf http://lammps.sandia.gov/doc/Developer.pdf
+#	@curl -s -o lammps-doc.tar.gz http://lammps.sandia.gov/tars/lammps-doc.tar.gz
+#	@tar xzf lammps-doc.tar.gz
+#	@rm -f lammps-doc.tar.gz
+
+txt2html: utils/txt2html/txt2html.exe
+
+# ------------------------------------------
+
 utils/txt2html/txt2html.exe: utils/txt2html/txt2html.cpp
 	g++ -O -Wall -o $@ $<