diff --git a/doc/install/cabal.mdwn b/doc/install/cabal.mdwn
index 6c5c0d4c69..36e7a53faf 100644
--- a/doc/install/cabal.mdwn
+++ b/doc/install/cabal.mdwn
@@ -40,3 +40,9 @@ you want, and use cabal as follows inside its source tree:
 	cabal configure
 	cabal build
 	cabal install --bindir=$HOME/bin
+
+To install documentation and manpages, you will actually want to use the makefile:
+
+        make install PREFIX=$HOME
+
+(!) Note that this will install git-annex in `/usr` and not `$HOME`, a bug report has been opened about this: [[todo/makefile: respect $PREFIX]]. --[[anarcat]]