diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d56614cb3..918f43556 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -298,14 +298,14 @@ find_package(Python)
 if(Python_FOUND)
     message(STATUS "Minifying 'help.json'")
     execute_process(COMMAND ${Python_EXECUTABLE} -c "import json,sys;json.dump(json.load(sys.stdin),sys.stdout,separators=(',',':'))"
-                    INPUT_FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/data/help.json"
+                    INPUT_FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/doc/help.json"
                     OUTPUT_VARIABLE DATATEXT_JSON_HELP)
     if(DATATEXT_JSON_HELP STREQUAL "")
         message(ERROR "DATATEXT_JSON_HELP is empty, which should not happen!")
     endif()
 else()
     message(WARNING "Python3 is not found, 'help.json' will not be minified")
-    file(READ "src/data/help.json" DATATEXT_JSON_HELP)
+    file(READ "doc/help.json" DATATEXT_JSON_HELP)
 endif()
 
 if(ENABLE_EMBEDDED_PCIIDS AND NOT EXISTS "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/fastfetch_pciids.c.inc")
diff --git a/src/data/help.json b/doc/help.json
similarity index 100%
rename from src/data/help.json
rename to doc/help.json
diff --git a/scripts/gen-man.py b/scripts/gen-man.py
index 1976e1d3a..f87a8b7ab 100755
--- a/scripts/gen-man.py
+++ b/scripts/gen-man.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ endBold = r"\fR" # end bold text tag
 # path to the current directory
 pathToCurrentDir = path.dirname(__file__)
 # path to the JSON option file
-pathToHelpFile = path.join(pathToCurrentDir, "../src/data/help.json")
+pathToHelpFile = path.join(pathToCurrentDir, "../doc/help.json")
 # man page section
 manSection = 1
 # title (center header)