diff --git a/docs/libs/Makefile.am b/docs/libs/Makefile.am
index e681801cf3..1ab46ff3b6 100644
--- a/docs/libs/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/libs/Makefile.am
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ GTKDOC_LD=$(LIBTOOL) --tag=CC --mode=link $(CC)
 
 # If you need to override some of the declarations, place them in this file
 # and uncomment this line.
-#DOC_OVERRIDES = $(DOC_MODULE)-overrides.txt
-DOC_OVERRIDES =
+DOC_OVERRIDES = $(DOC_MODULE)-overrides.txt
 
 include $(top_srcdir)/common/gtk-doc.mak