diff --git a/app-arch/hardlink/hardlink-0.3.2.ebuild b/app-arch/hardlink/hardlink-0.3.2.ebuild
index 41e4ede3f0614..e8474e2e6476b 100644
--- a/app-arch/hardlink/hardlink-0.3.2.ebuild
+++ b/app-arch/hardlink/hardlink-0.3.2.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
 
-DOCS=( README ${T}/README.rsync )
+DOCS=( README "${T}"/README.rsync )
 
 src_prepare() {
 	default