diff --git a/BUILDING.txt b/BUILDING.txt
index a63553b717f..10ad7d7f542 100644
--- a/BUILDING.txt
+++ b/BUILDING.txt
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ 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: