diff --git a/conf.yaml b/conf.yaml
index 10522e8e2e3f1..bbfb86995cd55 100644
--- a/conf.yaml
+++ b/conf.yaml
@@ -878,6 +878,7 @@ contents:
                 tags:       APM Node.js Agent/Reference
                 subject:    APM
                 chunk:      1
+                asciidoctor: true
                 sources:
                   -
                     repo:   apm-agent-nodejs
diff --git a/doc_build_aliases.sh b/doc_build_aliases.sh
index 1ca92ece0021b..241db3475e4a9 100644
--- a/doc_build_aliases.sh
+++ b/doc_build_aliases.sh
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ alias docbldamg='$GIT_HOME/docs/build_docs.pl --doc $GIT_HOME/apm-server/docs/gu
 
 alias docbldamr='$GIT_HOME/docs/build_docs.pl --doc $GIT_HOME/apm-server/docs/index.asciidoc --chunk 1'
 
-alias docbldamn='$GIT_HOME/docs/build_docs.pl --doc $GIT_HOME/apm-agent-nodejs/docs/index.asciidoc --chunk 1'
+alias docbldamn='$GIT_HOME/docs/build_docs --asciidoctor --doc $GIT_HOME/apm-agent-nodejs/docs/index.asciidoc --chunk 1'
 
 alias docbldamp='$GIT_HOME/docs/build_docs.pl --doc $GIT_HOME/apm-agent-python/docs/index.asciidoc --chunk 1'