diff --git a/configure b/configure
index dde215ff9..b3c5fe90d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ show_help(){
     show_help_pre
     cat << EOF
 Advanced options:
-  ${toggle_libs}                  don't build libraries
-  ${toggle_examples}              don't build examples
-  ${toggle_unit_tests}            build unit tests
+  ${toggle_libs}                  libraries
+  ${toggle_examples}              examples
+  ${toggle_docs}                  documentation
+  ${toggle_unit_tests}            unit tests
   --libc=PATH                     path to alternate libc
   --as={yasm|nasm|auto}           use specified assembler [auto, yasm preferred]
   --sdk-path=PATH                 path to root of sdk (iOS, android builds only)
@@ -293,6 +294,7 @@ CMDLINE_SELECT="
 
     libs
     examples
+    docs
     libc
     as
     fast_unaligned