diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a9ba19d..c6f41c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ jobs:
           for t in tests/*.rdbu; do rdbunit --database=sqlite $t | sqlite3 ; done
       - name: Build package
         run: |
-          mkdir -p dist
           cd src
           pipenv run hatch build ../dist/
       - name: Create virtual environment for installation
diff --git a/docs/dev.rst b/docs/dev.rst
index 002dfc2..32865f8 100644
--- a/docs/dev.rst
+++ b/docs/dev.rst
@@ -145,7 +145,9 @@ Building
 .. code:: sh
 
    # While in the top-level directory
-   hatch build
+   hatch build dist/
+
+This will result in built files being placed in the ``dist`` directory.
 
 Documentation building
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~