diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5892f90..3a597da 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- `setup_project.sh` also renames the docs smoke paths (`api/app/...` in `docs.yml`), so the
+  docs build of a new project no longer looks for the template's API pages.
+
 ### Added
 
 - Opt-in scope-profiler regions, as in plasmacoll, wellbalanced and patchwork: `_profiling.py`
diff --git a/setup_project.sh b/setup_project.sh
index 2ca40c6..4aaa3a2 100755
--- a/setup_project.sh
+++ b/setup_project.sh
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ replace "from ${PACKAGE}\\.main import main" "from ${APPNAME_UNDERSCORE}.main im
 replace "from ${PACKAGE}\\._profiling import" "from ${APPNAME_UNDERSCORE}._profiling import"
 replace "${PACKAGE}\\.main:main" "${APPNAME_UNDERSCORE}.main:main"
 replace "${PACKAGE}\\.main\\.main" "${APPNAME_UNDERSCORE}.main.main"
-replace "/api/${PACKAGE}/" "/api/${APPNAME_UNDERSCORE}/"
+# also the docs smoke paths, which are relative (api/app/...)
+replace "api/${PACKAGE}/" "api/${APPNAME_UNDERSCORE}/"
 replace "src/${PACKAGE}/" "src/${APPNAME_UNDERSCORE}/"
 replace "source = \[ \"${PACKAGE}\" \]" "source = [ \"${APPNAME_UNDERSCORE}\" ]"
 replace "pythonPackage: '${PACKAGE}'," "pythonPackage: '${APPNAME_UNDERSCORE}',"