diff --git a/docs/hacking-howto b/docs/hacking-howto
index 0a84d266..6d8092b5 100644
--- a/docs/hacking-howto
+++ b/docs/hacking-howto
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ Here’s a memory refresher:
     $ ../configure
     $ make -j8
 
-(The autoreconf -fi step is unnecessary if you are building from a release tarball,
- but shouldn’t hurt either.)
+The autoreconf -fi step is unnecessary if you are building from a release
+tarball, but shouldn’t hurt either.
 
 === Build system features
 
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ Here’s a memory refresher:
 
 * +make+ will build manpages/docs by default if the tools are installed.
   Conversely, manpages/docs are not tried to be built for users who don’t want
-  to install all these dependencies to get started hacking on i3.
+  to install all these dependencies to get started hacking on i3. Manpages and
+  docs can be disabled with the +--disable-mans++ and ++--disable-docs++
+  configure options respectively.
 
 * non-release builds will enable address sanitizer by default. Use the
   +--disable-sanitizers+ configure option to turn off all sanitizers, and see