diff --git a/hosts/nixdesk/default.nix b/hosts/nixdesk/default.nix
index 35ba620..90e1475 100644
--- a/hosts/nixdesk/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/nixdesk/default.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
       core.tools
       core.compat
       core.boot
-      # core.docs
+      core.docs
       core.gvfs
 
       nix.nix
diff --git a/sys/profiles/core/docs.nix b/sys/profiles/core/docs.nix
index 576e099..ccb1e12 100644
--- a/sys/profiles/core/docs.nix
+++ b/sys/profiles/core/docs.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {pkgs, ...}: {
   documentation = {
     dev.enable = true;
-    # man.generateCaches = true; # this does slow down builds by quite a lot
+    man.generateCaches = false; # this does slow down builds by quite a lot
   };
   environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
     linux-manual