diff --git a/docs/developers.md b/docs/developers.md
index ac6423115..1e95c7c82 100644
--- a/docs/developers.md
+++ b/docs/developers.md
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ To run Helm locally, you can run `bin/helm`.
 
 ### Man pages
 
-Man pages and Markdown documentation are already pre-built in `docs/`. You may
-regenerate documentation using `make docs`.
+Man pages and Markdown documentation are not pre-built in `docs/` but you can
+generate the documentation using `make docs`.
 
 To expose the Helm man pages to your `man` client, you can put the files in your
 `$MANPATH`:
diff --git a/scripts/update-docs.sh b/scripts/update-docs.sh
index d3018be50..6d85e13a3 100755
--- a/scripts/update-docs.sh
+++ b/scripts/update-docs.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ export HELM_NO_PLUGINS=1
 # Reset Helm Home because it is used in the generation of docs.
 OLD_HELM_HOME=${HELM_HOME:-}
 HELM_HOME="$HOME/.helm"
-bin/helm init --client-only
+bin/helm init
+mkdir -p docs/helm
 mkdir -p ${KUBE_TEMP}/docs/helm
 bin/helm docs --dir ${KUBE_TEMP}/docs/helm
 HELM_HOME=$OLD_HELM_HOME
diff --git a/scripts/verify-docs.sh b/scripts/verify-docs.sh
index b176b036e..2a87fe5e1 100755
--- a/scripts/verify-docs.sh
+++ b/scripts/verify-docs.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export HELM_NO_PLUGINS=1
 # Reset Helm Home because it is used in the generation of docs.
 OLD_HELM_HOME=${HELM_HOME:-}
 HELM_HOME="$HOME/.helm"
-bin/helm init --client-only
+bin/helm init
 mkdir -p ${KUBE_TEMP}/docs/helm
 bin/helm docs --dir ${KUBE_TEMP}/docs/helm
 HELM_HOME=$OLD_HELM_HOME