diff --git a/BUILDING.txt b/BUILDING.txt
index 3eb9e9ca40..408cae1305 100644
--- a/BUILDING.txt
+++ b/BUILDING.txt
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ Building distributions:
 
 Create binary distribution without native code and without documentation:
 
-  $ mvn package -Pdist -DskipTests -Dtar
+  $ mvn package -Pdist -DskipTests -Dtar -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true
 
 Create binary distribution with native code and with documentation: