diff --git a/general/graphlib/fontconfig.xml b/general/graphlib/fontconfig.xml
index 4edcd08bf6..a22852d83d 100644
--- a/general/graphlib/fontconfig.xml
+++ b/general/graphlib/fontconfig.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 <!ENTITY fontconfig-size "727 KB">
 <!ENTITY fontconfig-buildsize "11 MB">
 <!ENTITY fontconfig-time "0.18 SBU">
-
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="fontconfig" xreflabel="Fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;">
@@ -62,11 +61,35 @@ the most current release is of the form 2.2.3</para></note>
 <para>Install <application>Fontconfig</application> by running the following 
 commands:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc &amp;&amp;
+<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr \
+    --sysconfdir=/etc --disable-docs &amp;&amp;
 make &amp;&amp;
 make install</command></userinput></screen>
 </sect2>
 
+<sect2>
+<title>Command explanations</title>
+
+<para><option>--disable-docs</option>: This switch avoids building the 
+documentation. If you wish to build the documentation using 
+<application>DocBook-utils</application>, you may need to remove the 
+<application>OpenSP</application> catalog definitions from the system 
+<acronym>SGML</acronym> catalogs. Use the following commands before building 
+the package to accomplish this:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput><command>sed -i.orig -e "/CATALOG \/etc\/sgml\/OpenSP-1.5.1.cat/d" \
+    /etc/sgml/catalog &amp;&amp;
+sed -i.orig -e "/CATALOG \/etc\/sgml\/OpenSP-1.5.1.cat/d" \
+    /etc/sgml/sgml-docbook.cat</command></userinput></screen>
+
+<para>If desired, restore the orginal <acronym>SGML</acronym> catalogs after 
+the build is complete using the following commands:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput><command>cp /etc/sgml/catalog.orig /etc/sgml/catalog &amp;&amp;
+cp /etc/sgml/sgml-docbook.cat.orig /etc/sgml/sgml-docbook.cat</command></userinput></screen>
+
+</sect2>
+
 <sect2>
 <title>Configuring <application>Fontconfig</application></title>
 
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 43f0cc28d6..f9db67882b 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ who wrote what.</para>
 
 <listitem><para>August 15th, 2004 [randy]: Bumped portmap-compilation_fixes 
 patch to -3 version as suggested by Kevin Fleming; added gcc34 patch to 
-OpenQuicktime instructions.</para></listitem>
+OpenQuicktime instructions; added documentation build instructions to 
+Fontconfig as suggested by Nico R.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>August 15th, 2004 [randy]: Added GPM as an optional
 dependency to AAlib.</para></listitem>