diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f347c6a78..947a0947d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ summary({
     'GIO MIME sniffing': use_gio_mime,
     'MediaLib': use_medialib,
     'Introspection': build_gir,
-    'Documentation': build_docs,
+    'Documentation': get_option('documentation'),
     'Manual pages': get_option('man'),
     'Relocatable': relocatable,
     'Build tests': get_option('tests'),