diff --git a/.github/workflows/render.yml b/.github/workflows/render.yml
index bceff2607..693048ddc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/render.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/render.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
 
       - name: 🔧 Render PEPs
-        run: make pages JOBS=$(nproc)
+        run: make dirhtml JOBS=$(nproc)
 
         # remove the .doctrees folder when building for deployment as it takes two thirds of disk space
       - name: 🔥 Clean up files
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3ced2d4b4..8ece1354a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ JOBS=8
 OUTPUT_DIR=build
 RENDER_COMMAND=$(VENVDIR)/bin/python3 build.py -j $(JOBS) -o $(OUTPUT_DIR)
 
-## render         to render PEPs to "pep-NNNN.html" files
-.PHONY: render
-render: venv
+## html           to render PEPs to "pep-NNNN.html" files
+.PHONY: html
+html: venv
 	$(RENDER_COMMAND)
 
-## pages          to render PEPs to "index.html" files within "pep-NNNN" directories
-.PHONY: pages
-pages: venv rss
+## dirhtml        to render PEPs to "index.html" files within "pep-NNNN" directories
+.PHONY: dirhtml
+dirhtml: venv rss
 	$(RENDER_COMMAND) --build-dirs
 
 ## fail-warning   to render PEPs to "pep-NNNN.html" files and fail the Sphinx build on any warning
@@ -71,6 +71,16 @@ spellcheck: venv
 	$(VENVDIR)/bin/python3 -m pre_commit --version > /dev/null || $(VENVDIR)/bin/python3 -m pip install pre-commit
 	$(VENVDIR)/bin/python3 -m pre_commit run --all-files --hook-stage manual codespell
 
+## render         (deprecated: use 'make html' alias instead)
+.PHONY: render
+render: html
+	@echo "\033[0;33mWarning:\033[0;31m 'make render' \033[0;33mis deprecated, use\033[0;32m 'make html' \033[0;33malias instead\033[0m"
+
+## pages          (deprecated: use 'make dirhtml' alias instead)
+.PHONY: pages
+pages: dirhtml
+	@echo "\033[0;33mWarning:\033[0;31m 'make pages' \033[0;33mis deprecated, use\033[0;32m 'make dirhtml' \033[0;33malias instead\033[0m"
+
 .PHONY: help
 help : Makefile
 	@echo "Please use \`make <target>' where <target> is one of"
diff --git a/readthedocs.yaml b/readthedocs.yaml
index 695f2bbde..59e8b9ad8 100644
--- a/readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/readthedocs.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build:
     python: "3.10"
 
   commands:
-    - make pages JOBS=$(nproc) OUTPUT_DIR=_readthedocs/html
+    - make dirhtml JOBS=$(nproc) OUTPUT_DIR=_readthedocs/html
 
 sphinx:
   builder: dirhtml