diff --git a/doc/.gitignore b/doc/.gitignore
index 96112ac19c..920c5b9830 100644
--- a/doc/.gitignore
+++ b/doc/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /latex
 /html
+/latex
 /spelling
 /LAMMPS.epub
 /LAMMPS.mobi
diff --git a/doc/src/Install_windows.txt b/doc/src/Install_windows.txt
index 78de4f09f7..7d5aab34f5 100644
--- a/doc/src/Install_windows.txt
+++ b/doc/src/Install_windows.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Download an executable for Windows :h3
 Pre-compiled Windows installers which install LAMMPS executables on a
 Windows system can be downloaded from this site:
 
-"http://rpm.lammps.org/windows.html"_http://rpm.lammps.org/windows.html
+"http://packages.lammps.org/windows.html"_http://packages.lammps.org/windows.html
 
 Note that each installer package has a date in its name, which
 corresponds to the LAMMPS version of the same date.  Installers for
diff --git a/doc/src/Manual.txt b/doc/src/Manual.txt
index b477ce9cf0..f5c6f914c7 100644
--- a/doc/src/Manual.txt
+++ b/doc/src/Manual.txt
@@ -37,27 +37,21 @@ LAMMPS is an open-source code, distributed freely under the terms of
 the GNU Public License (GPL).
 
 The "LAMMPS website"_lws has a variety of information about the code.
-It includes links to an on-line version of this manual, a "mail
+It includes links to an on-line version of this manual, a "mailing
 list"_http://lammps.sandia.gov/mail.html where users can post
-questions, and a "GitHub site"https://github.com/lammps/lammps where
+questions, and a "GitHub site"_https://github.com/lammps/lammps where
 all LAMMPS development is coordinated.
 
 :line
 
-"PDF file"_Manual.pdf of the entire manual, generated by
-"htmldoc"_http://freecode.com/projects/htmldoc
-
 The content for this manual is part of the LAMMPS distribution.  You
 can build a local copy of the Manual as HTML pages or a PDF file, by
 following the steps on the "Manual build"_Manual_build.html doc page.
-
 There is also a "Developer.pdf"_Developer.pdf document which gives
 a brief description of the basic code structure of LAMMPS.
 
 :line
 
-This manual is organized into the following sections.
-
 Once you are familiar with LAMMPS, you may want to bookmark "this
 page"_Commands.html since it gives quick access to a doc page for
 every LAMMPS command.
diff --git a/doc/utils/sphinx-config/conf.py b/doc/utils/sphinx-config/conf.py
index 736aac3eb9..29de3af156 100644
--- a/doc/utils/sphinx-config/conf.py
+++ b/doc/utils/sphinx-config/conf.py
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ latex_elements = {
 #  author, documentclass [howto, manual, or own class]).
 latex_documents = [
   ('Manual', 'LAMMPS.tex', 'LAMMPS Documentation',
-   'Steve Plimpton', 'manual'),
+   'The LAMMPS Developers', 'manual'),
 ]
 
 # The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top of