diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/4354.maintenance.md b/doc/changelog.d/4354.maintenance.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7e79d6426c91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/4354.maintenance.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Minor update to Makefile to clean the example directory.
diff --git a/doc/make.bat b/doc/make.bat
index 8feee22849ca..0ce5bdd25574 100644
--- a/doc/make.bat
+++ b/doc/make.bat
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ goto end
 :clean
 echo Cleaning build directories...
 rmdir /s /q %BUILDDIR% > NUL 2>&1
-del /q %SOURCEDIR%\examples\* > NUL 2>&1
+rmdir /s /q %SOURCEDIR%\examples > NUL 2>&1
 rmdir /s /q %SOURCEDIR%\api\meshing\datamodel > NUL 2>&1
 rmdir /s /q %SOURCEDIR%\api\meshing\tui > NUL 2>&1
 rmdir /s /q %SOURCEDIR%\api\solver\datamodel > NUL 2>&1