diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ddd601190..d2b86d854 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-08-22  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
+
+	* INSTALL: Mention unavailability of man pages when cross-compiling.
+
 2013-08-22  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
 
 	* include/grub/crypto.h: Don't declare gcry_log_bug, gcry_log_printf
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 95061b60c..16c99da3f 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ For grub-emu host and target must be the same but may differ from build.
 
 If build and host are different make check isn't available.
 
+If build and host are different man pages are not generated.
+
 As an example imagine you have a build system running on FreeBSD on sparc
 which prepares packages for developpers running amd64 GNU/Linux laptop and
 they need to make images for ARM board running U-boot. In this case: