diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index e66f2dc4fd..d0e4dca6a5 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>[thomas] - Add "Running a git Server" page.</para>
         </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[thomas] - Remove '-i' from Cairo's autoreconf
+            command to enable building without gtkdoc installed.</para>
+        </listitem>
       </itemizedlist>
     </listitem>
 
diff --git a/x/lib/cairo.xml b/x/lib/cairo.xml
index eb1bd51431..61e885df97 100644
--- a/x/lib/cairo.xml
+++ b/x/lib/cairo.xml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
       commands:
     </para>
 
-<screen><userinput>autoreconf -fiv             &amp;&amp;
+<screen><userinput>autoreconf -fv              &amp;&amp;
 ./configure --prefix=/usr    \
             --disable-static \
             --enable-tee &amp;&amp;
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ make</userinput></screen>
     <title>Command Explanations</title>
 
     <para>
-      <parameter>autoreconf -fiv</parameter>: This prevents
+      <parameter>autoreconf -fv</parameter>: This prevents
       <command>configure</command> ending in error with the current version
       of <application>automake</application> because the AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
       definitions came from a previous version.