diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/opt-common.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/opt-common.xml
index bc26a9061..14353122f 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/opt-common.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/opt-common.xml
@@ -191,6 +191,23 @@
 
 </varlistentry>
 
+<varlistentry><term><option>--no-build-hook</option></term>
+
+  <listitem>
+
+  <para>Disables the build hook mechanism.  This allows to ignore remote
+  builders if they are setup on the machine.</para>
+
+  <para>It's useful in cases where the bandwidth between the client and the
+  remote builder is too low.  In that case it can take more time to upload the
+  sources to the remote builder and fetch back the result than to do the
+  computation locally.</para>
+
+  </listitem>
+
+</varlistentry>
+
+
 
 <varlistentry><term><option>--readonly-mode</option></term>