diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1d7aeb0f..0349bb6f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Changelog.linkchecker*
 /doc/html/*.qhc
 /doc/html/*.qch
 /.achievements
-/doc/*.mo
+/doc/i18n/locales/*/LC_MESSAGES/*.mo
 /LinkChecker-*-portable.zip
 /LinkChecker-*.exe
 /LinkChecker.egg-info
diff --git a/doc/src/Makefile b/doc/src/Makefile
index d37e8571..273664cd 100644
--- a/doc/src/Makefile
+++ b/doc/src/Makefile
@@ -10,13 +10,16 @@ LANGUAGE      = en
 help:
 	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M help "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
 
+gettext:
+	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -b gettext "$(SOURCEDIR)" -d "$(BUILDDIR)/i18n/doctrees" ../i18n/gettext $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
+
 html:
 	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -b html "$(SOURCEDIR)" -d "$(BUILDDIR)/doctrees" ../html $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
 
 man:
 	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -b man "$(SOURCEDIR)" -d "$(BUILDDIR)/doctrees" ../man/$(LANGUAGE) $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
 
-.PHONY: help html man Makefile
+.PHONY: help gettext html man Makefile
 
 # Catch-all target: route all unknown targets to Sphinx using the new
 # "make mode" option.  $(O) is meant as a shortcut for $(SPHINXOPTS).
diff --git a/doc/translations.md b/doc/translations.md
index 9dd6a4e8..b9daddff 100644
--- a/doc/translations.md
+++ b/doc/translations.md
@@ -16,6 +16,20 @@ is equivalent to:
 Man Page Translations
 ---------------------
 
-po4a is used to generate linkchecker.doc.pot, .po files and translated man pages.
+Sphinx is used to generate .pot and .po (with sphinx-intl) files in i18n/
+and man pages in man/.
 
-``linkchecker/doc $ make po4a``
+Create man.pot file in i18n/gettext/:
+
+``linkchecker/doc $ make -C src gettext``
+
+Create man.po file in i18n/locales/:
+
+``linkchecker/doc/src $ sphinx-intl update -p ../i18n/gettext -l de``
+
+Create man pages:
+
+``linkchecker/doc $ make man``
+
+After updating the source files all steps need to be repeated, if translations
+alone have been changed in the .po file only the last step is needed.