diff --git a/examples/example1_complete_report/createDocs.sh b/examples/example1_complete_report/createDocs.sh
index bd82027..b6dcfb8 100755
--- a/examples/example1_complete_report/createDocs.sh
+++ b/examples/example1_complete_report/createDocs.sh
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ javadoc -docletpath ../../target/TeXDoclet.jar \
 cd texdoclet_output
 pdflatex TeXDoclet.tex
 pdflatex TeXDoclet.tex
-mkdir ../javadoc
+mkdir -p ../javadoc
 cp TeXDoclet.pdf ../javadoc
diff --git a/examples/example2_complete_report/createDocs.sh b/examples/example2_complete_report/createDocs.sh
index c7b07b9..9f8ed6f 100755
--- a/examples/example2_complete_report/createDocs.sh
+++ b/examples/example2_complete_report/createDocs.sh
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ javadoc -docletpath ../../target/TeXDoclet.jar \
 cd texdoclet_output
 pdflatex TeXDoclet.tex
 pdflatex TeXDoclet.tex
-mkdir ../javadoc
+mkdir -p ../javadoc
 cp TeXDoclet.pdf ../javadoc
diff --git a/examples/example3_complete_article/createDocs.sh b/examples/example3_complete_article/createDocs.sh
index bbb8d79..64964df 100755
--- a/examples/example3_complete_article/createDocs.sh
+++ b/examples/example3_complete_article/createDocs.sh
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ javadoc -docletpath ../../target/TeXDoclet.jar \
 cd texdoclet_output
 pdflatex TeXDoclet.tex
 pdflatex TeXDoclet.tex
-mkdir ../javadoc
+mkdir -p ../javadoc
 cp TeXDoclet.pdf ../javadoc