diff --git a/doc/install.mdwn b/doc/install.mdwn
index e49100f786..ec9ea92c7f 100644
--- a/doc/install.mdwn
+++ b/doc/install.mdwn
@@ -5,5 +5,7 @@ To build and use git-annex, you will need:
 * MissingH: <http://github.com/jgoerzen/missingh/wiki>
 * `uuid`: <http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/>
 * `xargs`: <http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/findutils/>
-* `ikiwiki`: <>
 * Then just [[download]] git-annex and run: `make; make install`
+
+([Ikiwiki](http://ikiwiki.info) is needed to build the documentation,
+but that will be skipped if it is not installed.)