diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index 0d6cad10e43..1d09591593b 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ compile:
 		parallel -0 -j3 --halt soon,fail=1 ' \
 		NB_NAME=$$(basename {}); \
 		START_TIME=$$(date +%s); \
-		retry --delay=0 --times=3 -- \
+		retry --delay=0 --times=2 -- \
 			jupyter nbconvert --to notebook --execute --inplace "{}" \
 			--ExecutePreprocessor.timeout=600 \
 			--ExecutePreprocessor.kernel_name=python3; \