diff --git a/ci.nix b/ci.nix
index 085c7fe..4e901ed 100644
--- a/ci.nix
+++ b/ci.nix
@@ -26,30 +26,39 @@ let
     tests //
     {
       buildEnv = (import liminix {
-        inherit nixpkgs  borderVmConf;
+        inherit nixpkgs borderVmConf;
         device = import (liminix + "/devices/qemu");
         liminix-config = vanilla;
       }).buildEnv;
-      doc = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
-        name = "liminix-doc";
-        nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
-          gnumake sphinx
-          fennel luaPackages.lyaml
-        ];
-        src = ./doc;
-        buildPhase = ''
-          cat ${(import ./doc/extract-options.nix).doc} > options.json
-          cat options.json | fennel --correlate parse-options.fnl > modules-generated.rst
-          cp ${(import ./doc/hardware.nix)} hardware.rst
-          make html
-        '';
-        installPhase = ''
-          mkdir -p $out/nix-support $out/share/doc/
-          cp modules.rst options.json $out
-          cp -a _build/html $out/share/doc/liminix
-          echo "file source-dist \"$out/share/doc/liminix\"" \
-              > $out/nix-support/hydra-build-products
-        '';
+      doc =
+        let json =
+              (import liminix {
+                inherit nixpkgs borderVmConf;
+                device = import (liminix + "/devices/qemu");
+                liminix-config = {...} : {
+                  imports = [ ./modules/all-modules.nix ];
+                };
+              }).outputs.optionsJson;
+        in pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+          name = "liminix-doc";
+          nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
+            gnumake sphinx fennel luaPackages.lyaml
+          ];
+          src = ./.;
+          buildPhase = ''
+            cat ${json} | fennel --correlate doc/parse-options.fnl > doc/modules-generated.rst
+            cp ${(import ./doc/hardware.nix)} doc/hardware.rst
+            make -C doc html
+          '';
+          installPhase = ''
+            mkdir -p $out/nix-support $out/share/doc/
+            cd doc
+            cp modules-generated.rst  $out
+            ln -s ${json} $out/options.json
+            cp -a _build/html $out/share/doc/liminix
+            echo "file source-dist \"$out/share/doc/liminix\"" \
+                > $out/nix-support/hydra-build-products
+          '';
       };
       with-unstable = (import liminix {
         nixpkgs = unstable;
diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 74d8636..f544d1d 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ let
     };
   });
 
-  config = (pkgs.lib.evalModules {
+  eval = pkgs.lib.evalModules {
     modules = [
       { _module.args = { inherit pkgs; inherit (pkgs) lim; }; }
       ./modules/hardware.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ let
       ./modules/users.nix
       ./modules/outputs.nix
     ];
-  }).config;
+  };
+  config = eval.config;
 
   borderVm = ((import <nixpkgs/nixos/lib/eval-config.nix>) {
     system = builtins.currentSystem;
@@ -43,6 +44,12 @@ let
 in {
   outputs = config.system.outputs // {
     default = config.system.outputs.${config.hardware.defaultOutput};
+    optionsJson =
+      let o = import ./doc/extract-options.nix {
+            inherit pkgs eval;
+            lib = pkgs.lib;
+          };
+      in pkgs.writeText "options.json" (builtins.toJSON o);
   };
 
   # this is just here as a convenience, so that we can get a
diff --git a/doc/extract-options.nix b/doc/extract-options.nix
index f6b6da1..3b08e0a 100644
--- a/doc/extract-options.nix
+++ b/doc/extract-options.nix
@@ -1,31 +1,10 @@
+{ eval, lib, pkgs }:
 let
-  overlay = import ../overlay.nix;
-  pkgs = import <nixpkgs> ( {
-    overlays = [overlay];
-    config = {
-      allowUnsupportedSystem = true; # mipsel
-      permittedInsecurePackages = [
-        "python-2.7.18.6"       # kernel backports needs python <3
-      ];
-    };
-  });
-  inherit (pkgs) lib;
   inherit (lib) types;
-  modulenames =
-    builtins.attrNames
-      (lib.filterAttrsRecursive
-        (n: t:
-          (n != "arch") &&
-          ((t=="directory") ||
-           ((t=="regular") && ((builtins.match ".*\\.nix$" n) != null))))
-        (builtins.readDir ../modules));
-  modulefiles = builtins.map (n: builtins.toPath "${../modules}/${n}") modulenames;
-  eval = (lib.evalModules {
-    modules = [
-      { _module.args = { inherit pkgs; lib = pkgs.lib; }; }
-    ] ++ modulefiles;
-  });
   conf = eval.config;
+  rootDir = builtins.toPath ./..;
+  stripAnyPrefixes = lib.flip (lib.fold lib.removePrefix)
+    ["${rootDir}/"];
   optToDoc = name: opt : {
     inherit name;
     description = opt.description or null;
@@ -42,16 +21,12 @@ let
     then
       let sd = lib.attrByPath item.loc ["not found"] conf;
       in item // {
+        declarations =  map stripAnyPrefixes item.declarations;
         parameters =
           let x = lib.mapAttrsToList optToDoc sd.parameters; in x;
       }
     else
-      item;
-  o = builtins.map spliceServiceDefn
-    (pkgs.lib.optionAttrSetToDocList eval.options);
-in {
-  doc = pkgs.writeText "options.yaml" ''
-    # ${./..}
-    ${builtins.toJSON o}
-  '';
-}
+      item // { declarations =  map stripAnyPrefixes item.declarations; };
+in
+builtins.map spliceServiceDefn
+  (pkgs.lib.optionAttrSetToDocList eval.options)
diff --git a/doc/parse-options.fnl b/doc/parse-options.fnl
index 8f2eb21..85bff55 100644
--- a/doc/parse-options.fnl
+++ b/doc/parse-options.fnl
@@ -2,21 +2,25 @@
 
 (local { : view } (require :fennel))
 
+(fn basename [str ext]
+  (-> str
+      (string.gsub "(.*/)(.*)" "%2")
+      (string.gsub (.. ext "$") "")))
+
 (fn headline [name]
-  (let [(_ _ basename) (string.find name ".*/([^/].*).nix")
-        len (basename:len)]
-    (.. basename "\n" (string.rep "=" len))))
+  (let [title (assert (basename name ".nix"))
+        len (title:len)]
+    (.. title "\n" (string.rep "=" len))))
 
 (fn read-preamble [pathname]
-  (if (= (pathname:sub 1 1) "/")
-      (let [pathname (if (string.match pathname ".nix$")
-                         pathname
-                         (.. pathname "/default.nix"))]
-        (with-open [f (assert (io.open pathname :r))]
-          (accumulate [lines nil
-                       l (f:lines)
-                       :until (not (= (string.sub l 1 2) "##"))]
-            (.. (or lines "") (string.gsub l "^## *" "") "\n"))))))
+  (let [pathname (if (string.match pathname ".nix$")
+                     pathname
+                     (.. pathname "/default.nix"))]
+    (with-open [f (assert (io.open pathname :r))]
+      (accumulate [lines nil
+                   l (f:lines)
+                   :until (not (= (string.sub l 1 2) "##"))]
+        (.. (or lines "") (string.gsub l "^## *" "") "\n")))))
 
 (fn relative-pathname [pathname]
   (let [pathname
diff --git a/modules/all-modules.nix b/modules/all-modules.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dce38af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/all-modules.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Import all of the modules, used in the documentation generator. Not
+# currently expected to work in an actual configuration, but it would
+# be nice if it did.
+
+{
+  imports = [
+   ./base.nix
+   ./bridge
+   ./busybox.nix
+   ./dhcp6c
+   ./dnsmasq
+   ./ext4fs.nix
+   ./firewall
+   ./flashimage.nix
+   ./hardware.nix
+   ./hostapd
+   ./hostname.nix
+   ./initramfs.nix
+   ./jffs2.nix
+   ./kernel.nix
+   ./kexecboot.nix
+   ./mount
+   ./network
+   ./ntp
+   ./outputs.nix
+   ./outputs/vmroot.nix
+   ./ppp
+   ./ramdisk.nix
+   ./squashfs.nix
+   ./ssh
+   ./standard.nix
+   ./tftpboot.nix
+   ./ubifs.nix
+   ./ubimage.nix
+   ./users.nix
+   ./vlan
+   ./watchdog
+   ./wlan.nix
+ ];
+}