diff --git a/roles/ensure-sphinx/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/ensure-sphinx/tasks/main.yaml
index c2c50ef46..819207931 100644
--- a/roles/ensure-sphinx/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/ensure-sphinx/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
       source $VENV/bin/activate
       # skipping requirements.txt as it gets picked up by installing the
       # python package itself
-      for f in docs/requirements.txt test-requirements.txt ; do
+      for f in doc/requirements.txt test-requirements.txt ; do
           if [ -f $f ] ; then
               pip install $CONSTRAINTS -r $f
               break