diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile.in b/Documentation/Makefile.in
index d8e2765ec..f27f8efc7 100644
--- a/Documentation/Makefile.in
+++ b/Documentation/Makefile.in
@@ -108,12 +108,9 @@ realclean: distclean
 	rm -f libobjects.info version.texi \
 		README TODO INSTALL NEWS ANNOUNCE
 
-dist-dir: $(srcdir)/../.fname
-	@echo Run "make dist" from the parent directory.
-
 TOP_FILES = ../TODO ../INSTALL ../README ../ANNOUNCE ../NEWS ../ADVERTISEMENT
 
-dist: $(DISTFILES) dist-dir $(TOP_FILES)
+copy-dist: $(DISTFILES) $(TOP_FILES)
 	mkdir $(srcdir)/../`cat $(srcdir)/../.fname`/doc
 	ln $(DISTFILES) $(srcdir)/../`cat $(srcdir)/../.fname`/doc
 	ln $(TOP_FILES) $(srcdir)/../`cat $(srcdir)/../.fname`
diff --git a/Examples/Makefile.in b/Examples/Makefile.in
index 5c5a05f55..27a1ad62c 100644
--- a/Examples/Makefile.in
+++ b/Examples/Makefile.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 #  Examples makefile for Objective-C Class Library
-#  Copyright (C) 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#  Copyright (C) 1993, 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 #  Written by:	R. Andrew McCallum <mccallum@cs.rochester.edu>
 #  Dept. of Computer Science, U. of Rochester, Rochester, NY  14627
@@ -118,10 +118,7 @@ distclean: clean
 realclean: distclean
 	rm -f TAGS
 
-dist-dir: $(srcdir)/../.fname
-	@echo Run make dist from the parent directory.
-
-dist: $(DISTFILES) dist-dir
+copy-dist: $(DISTFILES) 
 	mkdir $(srcdir)/../`cat $(srcdir)/../.fname`/examples
 	ln $(DISTFILES) $(srcdir)/../`cat $(srcdir)/../.fname`/examples
 
diff --git a/Testing/Makefile.in b/Testing/Makefile.in
index 568f47da4..46b90224b 100644
--- a/Testing/Makefile.in
+++ b/Testing/Makefile.in
@@ -155,10 +155,7 @@ distclean: clean
 realclean: distclean
 	rm -f TAGS
 
-dist-dir: $(srcdir)/../.fname
-	@echo Run make dist from the parent directory.
-
-dist: $(DISTFILES) dist-dir
+copy-dist: $(DISTFILES)
 	mkdir $(srcdir)/../`cat $(srcdir)/../.fname`/checks
 	ln $(DISTFILES) $(srcdir)/../`cat $(srcdir)/../.fname`/checks