diff --git a/ci/validate-man.sh b/ci/validate-man.sh
index f636b4605..a3f114214 100755
--- a/ci/validate-man.sh
+++ b/ci/validate-man.sh
@@ -3,24 +3,25 @@
 
 set -e
 
-cd src/doc
+cargo_man="src/doc"
+mdman_man="crates/mdman/doc"
 
-changes=$(git status --porcelain -- .)
+changes=$(git status --porcelain -- $cargo_man $mdman_man)
 if [ -n "$changes" ]
 then
     echo "git directory must be clean before running this script."
     exit 1
 fi
 
-./build-man.sh
+cargo build-man
 
-changes=$(git status --porcelain -- .)
+changes=$(git status --porcelain -- $cargo_man $mdman_man)
 if [ -n "$changes" ]
 then
-    echo "Detected changes of man pages in src/doc:"
+    echo "Detected changes of man pages:"
     echo "$changes"
     echo
-    echo "Please run './build-man.sh' in the src/doc directory to rebuild the"
-    echo "man pages, and commit the changes."
+    echo 'Please run `cargo build-man` to rebuild the man pages'
+    echo "and commit the changes."
     exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/crates/mdman/build-man.sh b/crates/mdman/build-man.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 9286b17c2..000000000
--- a/crates/mdman/build-man.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-
-cargo run -- -t md -o doc/out doc/*.md
-cargo run -- -t txt -o doc/out doc/*.md
-cargo run -- -t man -o doc/out doc/*.md
diff --git a/src/doc/README.md b/src/doc/README.md
index 79181b7f6..88c330287 100644
--- a/src/doc/README.md
+++ b/src/doc/README.md
@@ -50,11 +50,7 @@ directory) to three different formats:
 3. Plain text (needed for embedded man pages on platforms without man such as
    Windows), saved in [`src/doc/man/generated_txt/`](man/generated_txt).
 
-To rebuild the man pages, run the script `build-man.sh` in the `src/doc` directory.
-
-```console
-$ ./build-man.sh
-```
+To rebuild the man pages, run `cargo build-man` inside the workspace.
 
 ### SemVer chapter tests
 
diff --git a/src/doc/build-man.sh b/src/doc/build-man.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 77af5b510..000000000
--- a/src/doc/build-man.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-# This script builds the Cargo man pages.
-#
-# The source for the man pages are located in src/doc/man/ in markdown format.
-# These also are handlebars templates, see crates/mdman/README.md for details.
-#
-# The generated man pages are placed in the src/etc/man/ directory. The pages
-# are also expanded into markdown (after being expanded by handlebars) and
-# saved in the src/doc/src/commands/ directory. These are included in the
-# Cargo book, which is converted to HTML by mdbook.
-
-set -e
-
-cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
-
-OPTIONS="--url https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/commands/ \
-    --man rustc:1=https://doc.rust-lang.org/rustc/index.html \
-    --man rustdoc:1=https://doc.rust-lang.org/rustdoc/index.html"
-
-cargo run -p mdman -- \
-    -t md -o src/commands man/cargo*.md \
-    $OPTIONS
-
-cargo run -p mdman -- \
-    -t txt -o man/generated_txt man/cargo*.md \
-    $OPTIONS
-
-cargo run -p mdman -- \
-    -t man -o ../etc/man man/cargo*.md \
-    $OPTIONS