diff --git a/.flake8  b/.flake8
similarity index 94%
rename from .flake8 
rename to .flake8
index a80b07f..f3fced6 100644
--- a/.flake8 	
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ exclude =
     __pycache__,
     build,
     dist,
-    doc/source/conf.py
+    docs/source/conf.py
 max-line-length = 79
 # Ignore some style 'errors' produced while formatting by 'black'
 # https://black.readthedocs.io/en/stable/guides/using_black_with_other_tools.html#labels-why-pycodestyle-warnings
diff --git a/.github/workflows/_publish-docs-on-release.yml b/.github/workflows/_publish-docs-on-release.yml
index 6481285..7cd3aa7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_publish-docs-on-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_publish-docs-on-release.yml
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ jobs:
           Xvfb :99 -screen 0 1024x768x16 &
 
       - name: build documents
-        run: make -C doc html
+        run: make -C docs html
 
       - name: Deploy
         uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v4
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          publish_dir: ./doc/build/html
+          publish_dir: ./docs/build/html
diff --git a/news/doc-to-docs.rst b/news/doc-to-docs.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..291301e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/doc-to-docs.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* Rename all mentions of `doc` to `docs`.
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>