diff --git a/man/meson.build b/man/meson.build
index b9ec412293..8a5b446f24 100644
--- a/man/meson.build
+++ b/man/meson.build
@@ -217,7 +217,6 @@ configure_file(
 ############################################################
 
 update_dbus_docs = custom_target(
-        'update-dbus-docs-impl',
         output : 'update-dbus-docs',
         command : [update_dbus_docs_py, '--build-dir', meson.project_build_root(), '@INPUT@'],
         input : dbus_docs,
@@ -237,7 +236,6 @@ if conf.get('BUILD_MODE_DEVELOPER') == 1
 endif
 
 update_man_rules = custom_target(
-        'update-man-rules-impl',
         output : 'update-man-rules',
         command : [update_man_rules_py,
                    '@0@/man/*.xml'.format(meson.project_source_root()),
diff --git a/man/rules/.gitattributes b/man/rules/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cea4b95259
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/rules/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+meson.build generated
diff --git a/man/rules/meson.build b/man/rules/meson.build
index 76aa77ff87..92dab90478 100644
--- a/man/rules/meson.build
+++ b/man/rules/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
-
 # Do not edit. Generated by update-man-rules.py.
 # Update with:
 #     ninja -C build update-man-rules
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 33616d4ff5..c67e7b6c30 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2743,11 +2743,11 @@ foreach executable : ['systemd-journal-remote', 'systemd-sbsign', 'systemd-keyut
 endforeach
 
 if mkosi.found()
-        custom_target('mkosi',
+        custom_target(
                 build_always_stale : true,
                 build_by_default: false,
                 console : true,
-                output : '.',
+                output : 'mkosi',
                 command : [
                         mkosi,
                         '--directory', meson.current_source_dir(),
@@ -2940,6 +2940,8 @@ run_target(
                    libsystemd.full_path(),
                    libudev.full_path()])
 
+alias_target('man', man)
+alias_target('html', html)
 alias_target('update-dbus-docs', update_dbus_docs)
 alias_target('update-man-rules', update_man_rules)
 
diff --git a/tools/update-man-rules.py b/tools/update-man-rules.py
index 3f10a29c47..2ac8dae560 100755
--- a/tools/update-man-rules.py
+++ b/tools/update-man-rules.py
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ def mjoin(files):
     return ' \\\n\t'.join(sorted(files) or '#')
 
 MESON_HEADER = '''\
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
-
 # Do not edit. Generated by update-man-rules.py.
 # Update with:
 #     ninja -C build update-man-rules
diff --git a/units/user/meson.build b/units/user/meson.build
index 7f04cf191c..8ad3f0eb76 100644
--- a/units/user/meson.build
+++ b/units/user/meson.build
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ foreach unit : units
 
         if needs_jinja
                 t = custom_target(
-                        name,
                         input : source,
                         output : name,
                         command : [jinja2_cmdline, '@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@'],