diff --git a/docs/schemas/news.rng b/docs/news.rng
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/schemas/news.rng
rename to docs/news.rng
diff --git a/docs/news.xml b/docs/news.xml
index 9c0dcfd23d..2a15b12365 100644
--- a/docs/news.xml
+++ b/docs/news.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
      Lines should be kept under 80 columns, and should not exceed 100 columns.
 
-     This file is validated against docs/schemas/news.rng schema.
+     This file is validated against docs/news.rng schema.
 
      Use the following template to add a new release section:
 
diff --git a/tests/virschematest.c b/tests/virschematest.c
index 1f990f7cd5..119d4ba395 100644
--- a/tests/virschematest.c
+++ b/tests/virschematest.c
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST_DIR("storagevol.rng", "storagevolxml2xmlin", "storagevolxml2xmlout",
                 "storagevolschemadata");
 
-    DO_TEST_FILE("news.rng", "../docs/news.xml");
+    DO_TEST_FILE("../news.rng", "../docs/news.xml");
 
     return ret == 0 ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE;
 }