diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c9d3b2bac8..8e2afd6c9b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 * ![Enhancement][badge-enhancement] The Markdown and LaTeX output writers can now handle multimedia
   output, such as images, from `@example` blocks. ([#938][github-938])
 
+* ![Bugfix][badge-bugfix] Paths in `include` calls in `@eval`, `@example`, `@repl` and `jldoctest`
+  blocks are now interpreted to be relative `pwd`, which is set to the output directory of the
+  resulting file. ([#941][github-941])
+
 ## Version `v0.21.2`
 
 * ![Bugfix][badge-bugfix] `linkcheck` now handles servers that do not support `HEAD` requests
@@ -210,6 +214,7 @@
 [github-934]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/pull/934
 [github-935]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/pull/935
 [github-938]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/pull/938
+[github-941]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/pull/941
 
 [documenterlatex]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/DocumenterLaTeX.jl
 [documentermarkdown]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/DocumenterMarkdown.jl
diff --git a/docs/src/man/syntax.md b/docs/src/man/syntax.md
index c3a8a46993..d52a133c92 100644
--- a/docs/src/man/syntax.md
+++ b/docs/src/man/syntax.md
@@ -331,6 +331,10 @@ a + b
 Leading and trailing newlines are removed from the rendered code blocks. Trailing whitespace
 on each line is also removed.
 
+!!! note
+    The working directory, `pwd`, is set to the directory in `build` where the file
+    will be written to, and the paths in `include` calls are interpreted to be relative to `pwd`.
+
 **Hiding Source Code**
 
 Code blocks may have some content that does not need to be displayed in the final document.
@@ -486,6 +490,10 @@ julia> a + b
 
 Named `@repl <name>` blocks behave in the same way as named `@example <name>` blocks.
 
+!!! note
+    The working directory, `pwd`, is set to the directory in `build` where the file
+    will be written to, and the paths in `include` calls are interpreted to be relative to `pwd`.
+
 ## `@setup <name>` block
 
 These are similar to `@example` blocks, but both the input and output are hidden from the
@@ -548,7 +556,8 @@ Which will generate a markdown version of the CSV file table.csv and render it i
 
 Note that each `@eval` block evaluates its contents within a separate module. When
 evaluating each block the present working directory, `pwd`, is set to the directory in
-`build` where the file will be written to.
+`build` where the file will be written to, and the paths in `include` calls are interpreted
+to be relative to `pwd`.
 
 Also, instead of returning `nothing` in the example above we could have returned a new
 `Markdown.MD` object through `Markdown.parse`. This can be more appropriate when the
diff --git a/src/Expanders.jl b/src/Expanders.jl
index 809a6d0fe6..54a678c0a1 100644
--- a/src/Expanders.jl
+++ b/src/Expanders.jl
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ function get_new_sandbox(name::Symbol)
     # eval(expr) is available in the REPL (i.e. Main) so we emulate that for the sandbox
     Core.eval(m, :(eval(x) = Core.eval($m, x)))
     # modules created with Module() does not have include defined
-    Core.eval(m, :(include(x) = Base.include($m, x)))
+    Core.eval(m, :(include(x) = Base.include($m, abspath(x))))
     return m
 end