diff --git a/general/sysutils/accountsservice.xml b/general/sysutils/accountsservice.xml
index cfbabbc383..61dd4e93e7 100644
--- a/general/sysutils/accountsservice.xml
+++ b/general/sysutils/accountsservice.xml
@@ -80,16 +80,24 @@
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
     <para role="recommended">
-      <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/> and
+      <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>,
       <phrase revision="sysv"><xref linkend="elogind"/></phrase>
       <phrase revision="systemd"><xref role='runtime' linkend="systemd"/>
-      (runtime)</phrase>
+        (runtime)</phrase>, and
+      <xref linkend="vala"/>
     </para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
     <para role="optional">
       <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/> and
       <xref linkend="xmlto"/>
+    </para>
+
+    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (for tests)</bridgehead>
+    <para role="optional">
+      <xref linkend="dbus-python"/> (for running more tests),
+      <xref linkend="pygobject3"/>, and
+      <xref linkend="python-dbusmock"/>
       <!-- I did not have gtk-doc installed this time, and it worked fine. -->
     </para>
 
@@ -158,7 +166,19 @@ ninja</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>
       <option>-Ddocbook=true</option>: This switch enables building
-      the D-Bus interface API documentation.
+      the D-Bus interface API documentation (needs <xref linkend="xmlto"/>).
+    </para>
+
+    <para>
+      <option>-Dgtk_doc=true</option>: This switch enables building
+      the libaccountsservice API documentation (needs
+      <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>).
+    </para>
+
+    <para>
+      <option>-Dvapi=false</option>: This switch disables building
+      the vala bindings. Use it if you have not installed
+      <xref linkend="vala"/>.
     </para>
 
   </sect2>