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@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ This is OPAL >= 1.9.9. Be ware of the fact that the documentation is not
 anymore a seperate project. The documentation is in this repository in the 
 directory 'doc' (https://gitlab.psi.ch/OPAL/src/tree/master/doc). On machines 
 with LaTeX the User's Reference Manual can be built in the same directory as the 
-code by configuring cmake using -DENABLE_DOCUMENTATION=1 to enable the compilation
-and -DEXCLUDE_DOC_FROM_ALL=1 to exclude it from compiling when make is called 
-without target. The User's Reference Manual can then be built by calling 'make doc'.
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+code by configuring cmake using -DENABLE_DOCUMENTATION=1 to enable the compilation.
+The manual can then be built by calling 'make doc'. If you want 
+to compile the manual every time you compile the code then set 
+-DEXCLUDE_DOC_FROM_ALL=0 .
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