diff --git a/doc/install.asciidoc b/doc/install.asciidoc
index de6e9f2f2..15e3ac93e 100644
--- a/doc/install.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/install.asciidoc
@@ -221,6 +221,10 @@ https://lists.schokokeks.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/qutebrowser-announce[qutebrows
 mailinglist] to get notified on new releases). You can install a newer version
 without uninstalling the older one.
 
+The binary release ships with a QtWebEngine built without proprietary codec
+support. To get support for e.g. h264/h265 videos, you'll need to build
+QtWebEngine from source yourself with support for that enabled.
+
 https://chocolatey.org/packages/qutebrowser[Chocolatey package]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -261,6 +265,10 @@ Note that you'll need to upgrade to new versions manually (subscribe to the
 https://lists.schokokeks.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/qutebrowser-announce[qutebrowser-announce
 mailinglist] to get notified on new releases).
 
+The binary release ships with a QtWebEngine built without proprietary codec
+support. To get support for e.g. h264/h265 videos, you'll need to build
+QtWebEngine from source yourself with support for that enabled.
+
 This binary is also available through the
 https://caskroom.github.io/[Homebrew Cask] package manager:
 
@@ -355,6 +363,18 @@ also typically means you'll be using an older release of QtWebEngine.
 On Windows, run `tox -e 'mkvenv-win' instead, however make sure that ONLY
 Python3 is in your PATH before running tox.
 
+Building the docs
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+To build the documentation, install `asciidoc` (note that LaTeX which comes as
+optional/recommended dependency with some distributions is not required).
+
+Then, run:
+
+----
+$ python3 scripts/asciidoc2html.py
+----
+
 Creating a wrapper script
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~