diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/1202-doc-gen-script-portability.yml b/changelogs/fragments/1202-doc-gen-script-portability.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c2e6ddbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1202-doc-gen-script-portability.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+trivial:
+  - docs/scripts - Change to sed "-i" in place option which ensures compatibility between MacOS
+    and GNU versions of sed command.
+    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ibm_zos_core/pull/1202).
diff --git a/docs/scripts/post-zos_apf.sh b/docs/scripts/post-zos_apf.sh
index befcaecfe..d7ce5472b 100755
--- a/docs/scripts/post-zos_apf.sh
+++ b/docs/scripts/post-zos_apf.sh
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ SCRIPT_DIR=`dirname "$0"`
 CURR_PATH=`pwd`
 # Delete any temporary index RST
 if [[ -f $CURR_PATH/source/modules/zos_apf.rst ]]; then
-    sed -i '' "s/\> \\*\//\> \\\*\//g" $CURR_PATH/source/modules/zos_apf.rst
+    sed -i'' -e "s/\> \\*\//\> \\\*\//g" $CURR_PATH/source/modules/zos_apf.rst
 fi
diff --git a/docs/scripts/pre-template.sh b/docs/scripts/pre-template.sh
index ca35775d9..3a2ac16d4 100755
--- a/docs/scripts/pre-template.sh
+++ b/docs/scripts/pre-template.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@
 
 template_doc_source=`ansible-config dump|grep DEFAULT_MODULE_PATH| cut -d'=' -f2|sed 's/[][]//g' | tr -d \'\" |sed 's/modules/doc_fragments\/template.py/g'`
 cp $template_doc_source $template_doc_source.tmp
-sed -i '' "s/\"\\\\n\"/'\\\\\\\\n'/g" $template_doc_source
-sed -i '' "s/\"\\\\r\"/'\\\\\\\\r'/g" $template_doc_source
-sed -i '' "s/\"\\\\r\\\\n\"/'\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n'/g" $template_doc_source
+sed -i'' -e "s/\"\\\\n\"/'\\\\\\\\n'/g" $template_doc_source
+sed -i'' -e "s/\"\\\\r\"/'\\\\\\\\r'/g" $template_doc_source
+sed -i'' -e "s/\"\\\\r\\\\n\"/'\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n'/g" $template_doc_source