diff --git a/doc/man/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/man/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/doc/man/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/man/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 			OUTPUT "${MAN_PAGE}"
 			COMMENT "Generating man page for ${TARGET}"
 			COMMAND
+				"${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/utils/log-and-print-on-failure.sh"
+				"${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/gen-manpage-${TARGET}.log"
 				"${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/gen-manpages.sh"
 				"$<TARGET_FILE:bitcoind>"
 				"$<TARGET_FILE:${TARGET}>"
@@ -22,6 +24,11 @@
 			DEPENDS "${MAN_PAGE}"
 		)
 
+		set_property(
+			DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
+			APPEND PROPERTY ADDITIONAL_CLEAN_FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}"
+		)
+
 		set_property(
 			TARGET ${TARGET}
 			APPEND PROPERTY MAN_PAGES "${MAN_PAGE}"