diff --git a/manual/qpdf-manual.xml b/manual/qpdf-manual.xml
index 0c921eb..d30e8ea 100644
--- a/manual/qpdf-manual.xml
+++ b/manual/qpdf-manual.xml
@@ -251,6 +251,56 @@ make
     top-level <filename>Makefile</filename>.
    </para>
   </sect1>
+  <sect1 id="ref.packaging">
+   <title>Notes for Packagers</title>
+   <para>
+    If you are packaging qpdf for an operating system distribution,
+    here are some things you may want to keep in mind:
+    <itemizedlist>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       Passing <option>--enable-show-failed-test-output</option> to
+       <command>./configure</command> will cause any failed test
+       output to be written to the console. This can be very useful
+       for seeing test failures generated by autobuilders where you
+       can't access qtest.log after the fact.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       If qpdf's build environment detects the presence of autoconf
+       and related tools, it will check to ensure that automatically
+       generated files are up-to-date with recorded checksums and fail
+       if it detects a discrepancy. This feature is intended to
+       prevent you from accidentally forgetting to regenerate
+       automatic files after modifying their sources. If your
+       packaging environment automatically refreshes automatic files,
+       it can cause this check to fail. Supress qpdf's checks by
+       passing <option>--disable-check-autofiles</option> to
+       <command>/.configure</command>. This is safe since qpdf's
+       <command>autogen.sh</command> just runs autotools in the normal
+       way.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       QPDF's <command>make install</command> does not install
+       completion files by default, but as a packager, it's good if
+       you install them wherever your distribution expects such files
+       to go. You can find completion files to install in the
+       <filename>completions</filename> directory.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       Packagers are encouraged to install the source files from the
+       <filename>examples</filename> directory along with qpdf
+       development packages.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </itemizedlist>
+   </para>
+  </sect1>
  </chapter>
  <chapter id="ref.using">
   <title>Running QPDF</title>
@@ -4183,6 +4233,38 @@ print "\n";
         </listitem>
        </itemizedlist>
       </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Notes for Packagers
+       </para>
+       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+         <para>
+          A new section has been added to the documentation with notes
+          for packagers. Please see <xref linkend="ref.packaging"/>.
+         </para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+         <para>
+          The qpdf detects out-of-date automatically generated files.
+          If your packaging system automatically refreshes libtool or
+          autoconf files, it could cause this check to fail. To avoid
+          this problem, pass
+          <option>--disable-check-autofiles</option> to
+          <command>configure</command>.
+         </para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+         <para>
+          If you would like to have qpdf completion enabled
+          automatically, you can install completion files in the
+          distribution's default location. You can find sample
+          completion files to install in the
+          <filename>completions</filename> directory.
+         </para>
+        </listitem>
+       </itemizedlist>
+      </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>