diff --git a/scripts/dev/ci/travis_run.sh b/scripts/dev/ci/travis_run.sh
index ddedb0099..e4b0bb054 100644
--- a/scripts/dev/ci/travis_run.sh
+++ b/scripts/dev/ci/travis_run.sh
@@ -4,5 +4,8 @@ if [[ $DOCKER ]]; then
     docker build -t img misc/docker/$DOCKER
     docker run --privileged -v $PWD:/outside img
 else
-    tox -e $TESTENV
+    args=()
+    [[ $TESTENV == docs ]] && args=('--no-authors')
+
+    tox -e $TESTENV "${args[@]}"
 fi
diff --git a/scripts/dev/src2asciidoc.py b/scripts/dev/src2asciidoc.py
index 746a2ceaf..3b4660069 100755
--- a/scripts/dev/src2asciidoc.py
+++ b/scripts/dev/src2asciidoc.py
@@ -491,8 +491,9 @@ def main():
     generate_settings('doc/help/settings.asciidoc')
     print("Generating command help...")
     generate_commands('doc/help/commands.asciidoc')
-    print("Generating authors in README...")
-    regenerate_authors('README.asciidoc')
+    if '--no-authors' not in sys.argv:
+        print("Generating authors in README...")
+        regenerate_authors('README.asciidoc')
     if '--html' in sys.argv:
         asciidoc2html.main()
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 8aff26f7f..66875ebb2 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ deps =
     -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
 commands =
     {envpython} scripts/link_pyqt.py --tox {envdir}
-    {envpython} scripts/dev/src2asciidoc.py
+    {envpython} scripts/dev/src2asciidoc.py {posargs}
     {envpython} scripts/dev/check_doc_changes.py
     {envpython} scripts/asciidoc2html.py {posargs}