diff --git a/bin/doc-tools-check-languages b/bin/doc-tools-check-languages
index 5ca7fc7a..f6dbe6ea 100755
--- a/bin/doc-tools-check-languages
+++ b/bin/doc-tools-check-languages
@@ -109,7 +109,13 @@ function build_rst {
             -d ${DOCTREES} \
             ${DOC_DIR}${book}/source/ \
             ${BUILD_DIR}
-        PUBLISH_DIR=publish-docs/${language}/${book}/
+        # "api-quick-start" has a special location
+        # following https://developer.openstack.org/api-guide/quick-start/
+        if [ ${book} = "api-quick-start" ] ; then
+            PUBLISH_DIR=publish-docs/${language}/api-guide/quick-start/
+        else
+            PUBLISH_DIR=publish-docs/${language}/${book}/
+        fi
         mkdir -p ${PUBLISH_DIR}
         rsync -a ${DOC_DIR}${book}/build/html/ ${PUBLISH_DIR}
         echo $MARKER_TEXT > ${PUBLISH_DIR}/.root-marker