diff --git a/qemu.spec b/qemu.spec
index 0baaa6f..0cfb26d 100644
--- a/qemu.spec
+++ b/qemu.spec
@@ -28,9 +28,14 @@ Patch03: qemu-fix-arm-framebuffer-build.patch
 # Disable preadv()/pwritev() until bug #497429 is fixed
 Patch04: qemu-disable-preadv.patch
 
-BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
-# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/501651
+# FIXME: docs build disabled for now, see:
+#   https://bugzilla.redhat.com/501651
+#
 # BuildRequires: texi2html
+#
+# See all the %{_mandir} bits commented out below too
+
+BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: SDL-devel zlib-devel which gnutls-devel cyrus-sasl-devel
 BuildRequires: rsync dev86 iasl
 BuildRequires: pciutils-devel
@@ -295,7 +300,7 @@ make prefix="${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_prefix}" \
      mandir="${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_mandir}" \
      docdir="${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version}" \
      datadir="${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_datadir}/%{name}" install
-chmod -x ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_mandir}/man1/*
+#chmod -x ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_mandir}/man1/*
 install -D -p -m 0755 %{SOURCE1} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/rc.d/init.d/qemu
 install -D -p -m 0644 -t ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/%{qemudocdir} Changelog README TODO COPYING COPYING.LIB LICENSE
 
@@ -369,8 +374,8 @@ fi
 %doc %{qemudocdir}/LICENSE
 %dir %{_datadir}/%{name}/
 %{_datadir}/%{name}/keymaps/
-%{_mandir}/man1/qemu.1*
-%{_mandir}/man8/qemu-nbd.8*
+#%{_mandir}/man1/qemu.1*
+#%{_mandir}/man8/qemu-nbd.8*
 %{_bindir}/qemu-nbd
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/sasl2/qemu.conf
 %files user
@@ -453,7 +458,7 @@ fi
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_bindir}/qemu-img
 %{_bindir}/qemu-io
-%{_mandir}/man1/qemu-img.1*
+#%{_mandir}/man1/qemu-img.1*
 
 %changelog
 * Wed May 20 2009 Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com> - 2:0.10.50-4.kvm86