{
  # faster rebuilding
  documentation = {
    # whether to enable the `doc` output of packages
    # generally in ${pkg}/share/ as plaintext or html
    #  # can shave off a few megabytes
    doc.enable = false;

    # whether to install the `info` command and the `info`
    # output of packages
    info.enable = false;

    man = {
      # Whether to install manual pages
      # this means packages that provide a `man` output will have said output
      # included in the final closure
      enable = true;

      # Whether to generate the manual page index caches
      # if true, it becomes possible to search for a page or keyword
      # using utilities like apropos(1) and the -k option of man(1).
      generateCaches = true;

      # Whether to enable mandoc as the default man page viewer.
      mandoc.enable = false; # my default manpage viewer is Neovim, so this isn't necessary
    };
  };
}
