diff --git a/README b/README
index f54296f0b..08478d4ef 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -386,6 +386,10 @@ from SystemVerilog:
 Building the documentation
 ==========================
 
+Note that there is no need to build the manual if you just want to read it.
+Simply download the PDF from http://www.clifford.at/yosys/documentation.html
+instead.
+
 On Ubuntu, texlive needs these packages to be able to build the manual:
 
 	sudo apt-get install texlive-binaries