diff --git a/tools/build/onos-buck-build-docs b/tools/build/onos-buck-build-docs
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+#!/bin/bash
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Builds the ONOS Java API docs with buck.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+set -e
+
+[ ! -d "$ONOS_ROOT" ] && echo "ONOS_ROOT is not defined" >&2 && exit 1
+. $ONOS_ROOT/tools/build/envDefaults
+
+onos-buck build  `onos-buck query "filter('.*-javadoc', '//...')"`
+