diff --git a/buildbot/README.txt b/buildbot/README.txt
index 6e041814..6b2bdb48 100644
--- a/buildbot/README.txt
+++ b/buildbot/README.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ Buildbot.
 Developers with the proper SSH keys can copy the file and reconfigure the
 server with these commands:
 
-    scp buildbot/master.cfg  wxpybb@buildbot.wxpython.org:/home/wxpybb/bb2
-    ssh wxpybb@buildbot.wxpython.org "cd /home/wxpybb/bb2 && ./reconfig"
+scp buildbot/master.cfg  wxpybb@buildbot.wxpython.org:/home/wxpybb/bb2
+ssh wxpybb@buildbot.wxpython.org "cd /home/wxpybb/bb2 && ./reconfig"
 
diff --git a/buildbot/master.cfg b/buildbot/master.cfg
index 0fe7877e..42a8e9e9 100644
--- a/buildbot/master.cfg
+++ b/buildbot/master.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # -*- python -*-
 # ex: set filetype=python:
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# This is the buildmaster config file for the wxPython Phoenix Buildbot,
+# located at http://buildbot.wxpython.org:8011/. This file is located here in
+# order to allow it to be versioned and backed up. However it is NOT
+# automatically copied into the buildmaster's working folder, that must be
+# done by hand after reviewing changes made here. It must be installed as
+# 'master.cfg' in the buildmaster's base directory.
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 from buildbot.plugins import *
 
@@ -26,7 +34,6 @@ GIT_BRANCH = 'master'
 # Passwords are stored separately and not maintained in the source repository
 # for security's sake
 import bbpasswd
-#reload(bbpasswd)
 
 ##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ####### WORKERS
@@ -116,7 +123,7 @@ def makeBuildFactory(wxport, py_ver, build_type='basic'):
         common_opts.append('--x64')
     if build_type == 'dist':
         common_opts.append('--relwithdebug')
-    if build_type != 'docs':
+    if build_type not in ['docs', 'sdist']:
         common_opts.append('--nodoc')
     common_opts.append(util.Interpolate('%(prop:do-release-build:#?|--release|)s'))
     common_opts.append(util.Property('extra-build-arg', default=''))