diff --git a/gnome/core/gnome-doc-utils.xml b/gnome/core/gnome-doc-utils.xml
index bdee2498e8..932443a389 100644
--- a/gnome/core/gnome-doc-utils.xml
+++ b/gnome/core/gnome-doc-utils.xml
@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@
     <para>Install <application>GNOME Doc Utils</application>
     by running the following commands:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0` \
-    --localstatedir=/var/lib &amp;&amp;
+<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0` &amp;&amp;
 make</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>
@@ -98,16 +97,6 @@ make</userinput></screen>
 
   </sect2>
 
-  <sect2 role="commands">
-    <title>Command Explanations</title>
-
-    <para><parameter>--localstatedir=/var/lib</parameter>: This switch puts
-    <application>ScrollKeeper</application> files in
-    <filename class='directory'>/var/lib/scrollkeeper</filename> instead of
-    <filename class='directory'>$GNOME_PREFIX/var/scrollkeeper</filename>.</para>
-
-  </sect2>
-
   <sect2 role="content">
     <title>Contents</title>