diff --git a/packages/devel/binutils/package.mk b/packages/devel/binutils/package.mk
index 4e34263742..363c78c0f5 100644
--- a/packages/devel/binutils/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/binutils/package.mk
@@ -56,12 +56,14 @@ pre_configure_host() {
 
 make_host() {
   make configure-host
+  # override the makeinfo binary with true - this does not build the documentation
   make MAKEINFO=true
 }
 
 makeinstall_host() {
   cp -v ../include/libiberty.h ${SYSROOT_PREFIX}/usr/include
   make -C bfd install # fix parallel build with libctf requiring bfd
+  # override the makeinfo binary with true - this does not build the documentation
   make MAKEINFO=true install
 }