diff --git a/doc/make.jl b/doc/make.jl
index 15e381d7bed61f..35a252da1a7b74 100644
--- a/doc/make.jl
+++ b/doc/make.jl
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ cd(joinpath(@__DIR__, "src")) do
     end
 end
 
+# Check if we are building a PDF
+const render_pdf = "pdf" in ARGS
+
 # Generate a suitable markdown file from NEWS.md and put it in src
 str = read(joinpath(@__DIR__, "..", "NEWS.md"), String)
 splitted = split(str, "<!--- generated by NEWS-update.jl: -->")
@@ -48,106 +51,122 @@ splitted = split(str, "<!--- generated by NEWS-update.jl: -->")
 replaced_links = replace(splitted[1], r"\[\#([0-9]*?)\]" => s"[#\g<1>](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/\g<1>)")
 write(joinpath(@__DIR__, "src", "NEWS.md"), replaced_links)
 
-const PAGES = [
-    "Home" => "index.md",
-    hide("NEWS.md"),
-    "Manual" => [
-        "manual/getting-started.md",
-        "manual/variables.md",
-        "manual/integers-and-floating-point-numbers.md",
-        "manual/mathematical-operations.md",
-        "manual/complex-and-rational-numbers.md",
-        "manual/strings.md",
-        "manual/functions.md",
-        "manual/control-flow.md",
-        "manual/variables-and-scoping.md",
-        "manual/types.md",
-        "manual/methods.md",
-        "manual/constructors.md",
-        "manual/conversion-and-promotion.md",
-        "manual/interfaces.md",
-        "manual/modules.md",
-        "manual/documentation.md",
-        "manual/metaprogramming.md",
-        "manual/arrays.md",
-        "manual/missing.md",
-        "manual/networking-and-streams.md",
-        "manual/parallel-computing.md",
-        "manual/asynchronous-programming.md",
-        "manual/multi-threading.md",
-        "manual/distributed-computing.md",
-        "manual/running-external-programs.md",
-        "manual/calling-c-and-fortran-code.md",
-        "manual/handling-operating-system-variation.md",
-        "manual/environment-variables.md",
-        "manual/embedding.md",
-        "manual/code-loading.md",
-        "manual/profile.md",
-        "manual/stacktraces.md",
-        "manual/performance-tips.md",
-        "manual/workflow-tips.md",
-        "manual/style-guide.md",
-        "manual/faq.md",
-        "manual/noteworthy-differences.md",
-        "manual/unicode-input.md",
-    ],
-    "Base" => [
-        "base/base.md",
-        "base/collections.md",
-        "base/math.md",
-        "base/numbers.md",
-        "base/strings.md",
-        "base/arrays.md",
-        "base/parallel.md",
-        "base/multi-threading.md",
-        "base/constants.md",
-        "base/file.md",
-        "base/io-network.md",
-        "base/punctuation.md",
-        "base/sort.md",
-        "base/iterators.md",
-        "base/c.md",
-        "base/libc.md",
-        "base/stacktraces.md",
-        "base/simd-types.md",
-    ],
-    "Standard Library" =>
-        [stdlib.targetfile for stdlib in STDLIB_DOCS],
-    "Developer Documentation" => [
-        "devdocs/reflection.md",
-        "Documentation of Julia's Internals" => [
-            "devdocs/init.md",
-            "devdocs/ast.md",
-            "devdocs/types.md",
-            "devdocs/object.md",
-            "devdocs/eval.md",
-            "devdocs/callconv.md",
-            "devdocs/compiler.md",
-            "devdocs/functions.md",
-            "devdocs/cartesian.md",
-            "devdocs/meta.md",
-            "devdocs/subarrays.md",
-            "devdocs/isbitsunionarrays.md",
-            "devdocs/sysimg.md",
-            "devdocs/llvm.md",
-            "devdocs/stdio.md",
-            "devdocs/boundscheck.md",
-            "devdocs/locks.md",
-            "devdocs/offset-arrays.md",
-            "devdocs/require.md",
-            "devdocs/inference.md",
-            "devdocs/ssair.md",
-            "devdocs/gc-sa.md",
-        ],
-        "Developing/debugging Julia's C code" => [
-            "devdocs/backtraces.md",
-            "devdocs/debuggingtips.md",
-            "devdocs/valgrind.md",
-            "devdocs/sanitizers.md",
-        ]
+Manual = [
+    "manual/getting-started.md",
+    "manual/variables.md",
+    "manual/integers-and-floating-point-numbers.md",
+    "manual/mathematical-operations.md",
+    "manual/complex-and-rational-numbers.md",
+    "manual/strings.md",
+    "manual/functions.md",
+    "manual/control-flow.md",
+    "manual/variables-and-scoping.md",
+    "manual/types.md",
+    "manual/methods.md",
+    "manual/constructors.md",
+    "manual/conversion-and-promotion.md",
+    "manual/interfaces.md",
+    "manual/modules.md",
+    "manual/documentation.md",
+    "manual/metaprogramming.md",
+    "manual/arrays.md",
+    "manual/missing.md",
+    "manual/networking-and-streams.md",
+    "manual/parallel-computing.md",
+    "manual/asynchronous-programming.md",
+    "manual/multi-threading.md",
+    "manual/distributed-computing.md",
+    "manual/running-external-programs.md",
+    "manual/calling-c-and-fortran-code.md",
+    "manual/handling-operating-system-variation.md",
+    "manual/environment-variables.md",
+    "manual/embedding.md",
+    "manual/code-loading.md",
+    "manual/profile.md",
+    "manual/stacktraces.md",
+    "manual/performance-tips.md",
+    "manual/workflow-tips.md",
+    "manual/style-guide.md",
+    "manual/faq.md",
+    "manual/noteworthy-differences.md",
+    "manual/unicode-input.md",
+]
+
+BaseDocs = [
+    "base/base.md",
+    "base/collections.md",
+    "base/math.md",
+    "base/numbers.md",
+    "base/strings.md",
+    "base/arrays.md",
+    "base/parallel.md",
+    "base/multi-threading.md",
+    "base/constants.md",
+    "base/file.md",
+    "base/io-network.md",
+    "base/punctuation.md",
+    "base/sort.md",
+    "base/iterators.md",
+    "base/c.md",
+    "base/libc.md",
+    "base/stacktraces.md",
+    "base/simd-types.md",
+]
+
+StdlibDocs = [stdlib.targetfile for stdlib in STDLIB_DOCS]
+
+DevDocs = [
+    "devdocs/reflection.md",
+    "Documentation of Julia's Internals" => [
+        "devdocs/init.md",
+        "devdocs/ast.md",
+        "devdocs/types.md",
+        "devdocs/object.md",
+        "devdocs/eval.md",
+        "devdocs/callconv.md",
+        "devdocs/compiler.md",
+        "devdocs/functions.md",
+        "devdocs/cartesian.md",
+        "devdocs/meta.md",
+        "devdocs/subarrays.md",
+        "devdocs/isbitsunionarrays.md",
+        "devdocs/sysimg.md",
+        "devdocs/llvm.md",
+        "devdocs/stdio.md",
+        "devdocs/boundscheck.md",
+        "devdocs/locks.md",
+        "devdocs/offset-arrays.md",
+        "devdocs/require.md",
+        "devdocs/inference.md",
+        "devdocs/ssair.md",
+        "devdocs/gc-sa.md",
     ],
+    "Developing/debugging Julia's C code" => [
+        "devdocs/backtraces.md",
+        "devdocs/debuggingtips.md",
+        "devdocs/valgrind.md",
+        "devdocs/sanitizers.md",
+    ]
 ]
 
+
+if render_pdf
+const PAGES = [
+    "Manual" => ["index.md", Manual...],
+    "Base" => BaseDocs,
+    "Standard Library" => StdlibDocs,
+    "Developer Documentation" => DevDocs
+]
+else
+const PAGES = [
+    "Julia Documentation" => "index.md",
+    "Manual" => Manual,
+    "Base" => BaseDocs,
+    "Standard Library" => StdlibDocs,
+    "Developer Documentation" => DevDocs
+]
+end
+
 for stdlib in STDLIB_DOCS
     @eval using $(stdlib.stdlib)
     # All standard library modules get `using $STDLIB` as their global
@@ -161,7 +180,6 @@ DocMeta.setdocmeta!(UUIDs, :DocTestSetup, :(using UUIDs, Random), recursive=true
 DocMeta.setdocmeta!(Pkg, :DocTestSetup, :(using Pkg, Pkg.Artifacts), recursive=true, warn=false)
 DocMeta.setdocmeta!(Pkg.BinaryPlatforms, :DocTestSetup, :(using Pkg, Pkg.BinaryPlatforms), recursive=true, warn=false)
 
-const render_pdf = "pdf" in ARGS
 let r = r"buildroot=(.+)", i = findfirst(x -> occursin(r, x), ARGS)
     global const buildroot = i === nothing ? (@__DIR__) : first(match(r, ARGS[i]).captures)
 end