diff --git a/media-gfx/scrot/scrot-0.8_p13-r1.ebuild b/media-gfx/scrot/scrot-0.8_p13-r1.ebuild
index 617daf75bcbc8..e250a7aba459d 100644
--- a/media-gfx/scrot/scrot-0.8_p13-r1.ebuild
+++ b/media-gfx/scrot/scrot-0.8_p13-r1.ebuild
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 
 src_install() {
 	emake DESTDIR="${D}" install
-	rm -r "${D}"/usr/doc
+	rm -r "${D}"/usr/doc || die
 	dodoc AUTHORS ChangeLog
 
 	newbashcomp "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.bash-completion ${PN}