diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 6446e231..32726894 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ already be built. Use `make binary` to skip building the man pages, or install
 * libuuid (uuid-dev) - disable with `make WITH_UUID=no`
 * libwebsockets (libwebsockets-dev) - enable with `make WITH_WEBSOCKETS=yes`
 * openssl (libssl-dev on Debian based systems) - disable with `make WITH_TLS=no`
-* xsltproc (xsltproc and docbook-xsl on Debian based systems) - disable with `make WITH_DOCS=no`
+* xsltproc (xsltproc and docbook-xsl on Debian based systems) - only needed when building from git sources - disable with `make WITH_DOCS=no`
 
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