diff --git a/x/lib/gdk-pixbuf.xml b/x/lib/gdk-pixbuf.xml
index 608466bfe9..9729941351 100644
--- a/x/lib/gdk-pixbuf.xml
+++ b/x/lib/gdk-pixbuf.xml
@@ -118,6 +118,15 @@
 cd    build &&
 
 meson --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release --wrap-mode=nofallback .. &&
+ninja</userinput></screen>
+
+    <para>
+      If you have <xref linkend='gi-docgen'/> installed and wish to build
+      the API documentation for this package, issue:
+    </para>
+
+<screen role='nodump'><userinput>sed "/docs_dir =/s@\$@ / 'gdk-pixbuf-&gdk-pixbuf-version;'@" -i ../docs/meson.build &amp;&amp;
+meson configure -Dgtk_doc=true                                         &amp;&amp;
 ninja</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>
@@ -162,17 +171,6 @@ ninja</userinput></screen>
       generate manual pages, or if you do not want to install
       <xref linkend="docutils" role="nodep"/>.
     </para>
-
-    <para>
-      <option>-Dgtk_doc=true</option>: Use this option if you have installed
-      <xref linkend='gi-docgen'/> and want to generate the API
-      documentation.  If this option is used, fix the installation location
-      of the API documentation before issueing
-      <command>cd build</command> with the command:
-    </para>
-
-<screen role='nodump'><userinput>sed "/docs_dir =/s@\$@ / 'gdk-pixbuf-&gdk-pixbuf-version;'@" -i docs/meson.build</userinput></screen>
-
   </sect2>
 
   <sect2 role="content">