diff --git a/.github/workflows/pages.yaml b/.github/workflows/pages.yaml
index 077edb4..0911735 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pages.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pages.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     - run: make all
     - uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
       with:
-        path: pub
+        path: public
     - id: deployment
       uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4
     environment:
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 217ec97..57c4c2b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-/pub/
+/public/
 /nanoidgen
diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 1487a06..88ea737 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -2,34 +2,34 @@ MANDOC ?= mandoc
 
 default: nanoidgen
 
-all: pub/man.pdf pub/man/nanoid.3.html pub/man/nanoidgen.1.html \
-     pub/openbsd/man.pdf pub/openbsd/man/nanoid.3.html nanoidgen
+all: public/man.pdf public/man/nanoid.3.html public/man/nanoidgen.1.html \
+     public/openbsd/man.pdf public/openbsd/man/nanoid.3.html nanoidgen
 
 clean:
-	rm -r pub nanoidgen
+	rm -r public nanoidgen
 
 .PHONY: default all clean
 
-pub:
+public:
 	mkdir -p $@
 
-pub/man: pub
+public/man: public
 	mkdir -p $@
 
-pub/man.pdf: nanoid.3 nanoidgen.1 pub
+public/man.pdf: nanoid.3 nanoidgen.1 public
 	$(MANDOC) -T pdf nanoid.3 nanoidgen.1 > $@
 
-pub/man/%.html: % pub/man
+public/man/%.html: % public/man
 	$(MANDOC) -T html $< > $@
 
-pub/openbsd: pub
+public/openbsd: public
 	mkdir -p $@
 
-pub/openbsd/man: pub/openbsd
+public/openbsd/man: public/openbsd
 	mkdir -p $@
 
-pub/openbsd/man.pdf: openbsd/nanoid.3 nanoidgen.1 pub/openbsd
+public/openbsd/man.pdf: openbsd/nanoid.3 nanoidgen.1 public/openbsd
 	$(MANDOC) -T pdf openbsd/nanoid.3 nanoidgen.1 > $@
 
-pub/openbsd/man/%.html: openbsd/% pub/openbsd/man
+public/openbsd/man/%.html: openbsd/% public/openbsd/man
 	$(MANDOC) -T html $< > $@