--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ packages=["networkx",
           "networkx.tests",
           ]
 
-docdirbase  = 'share/doc/networkx-%s' % release.version
+docdirbase  = 'share/doc/python-networkx'
 # add basic documentation 
 data = [(docdirbase, glob("*.txt"))]
 # add examples
