diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f5a135233f..274bb6277f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 	* Makefile.am: conditionally build docs
 
+	* README.docs, Makefile.am: info on where doc sources are located
+
 2003-06-26  David I. Lehn <dlehn@users.sourceforge.net>
 
 	* configure.ac, AUTHORS, NEWS, README, TODO, docs/Makefile.am,
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 4f576b9094..7fd5f37e3b 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SUBDIRS = gstreamer pkgconfig examples $(SUBDIRS_DOCS)
 DIST_SUBDIRS = gstreamer pkgconfig examples docs
 
 EXTRA_DIST = \
-  gst-python.spec.in gst-python.spec
+  gst-python.spec.in gst-python.spec README.docs
 
 CLEANFILES = README NEWS TODO AUTHORS
 
diff --git a/README.docs b/README.docs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c9b087a43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.docs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+The release documentation is generated from XML DocBook sources in docs/.
+This currently includes README, NEWS, TODO, and AUTHORS.