diff --git a/userspace/compile-ffmpeg.sh b/userspace/compile-ffmpeg.sh
index 3c04814..3b21a85 100755
--- a/userspace/compile-ffmpeg.sh
+++ b/userspace/compile-ffmpeg.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@ wget https://ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-4.2.2.tar.bz2
 tar xvf ffmpeg-4.2.2.tar.bz2
 cd ffmpeg-4.2.2
 
-./configure --enable-shared --disable-static
+# avoid makeinfo: error parsing ./doc/t2h.pm: Undefined subroutine &Texinfo::Config::set_from_init_file called at ./doc/t2h.pm line 24.
+# with --disable-htmlpages
+# --disable-doc works too, disables building documentation completely
+# https://gist.github.com/omegdadi/6904512c0a948225c81114b1c5acb875
+# https://github.com/7Ji/archrepo/issues/10
+./configure --enable-shared --disable-static --disable-htmlpages
 make -j$(nproc)
 
 checkinstall -yD --install=no --pkgname=ffmpeg