diff --git a/Doc/Makefile b/Doc/Makefile
index 8569ba0..ea62f00 100644
--- a/Doc/Makefile
+++ b/Doc/Makefile
@@ -7,16 +7,19 @@
 PYTHON       = python
 SVNROOT      = http://svn.python.org/projects
 SPHINXOPTS   =
+PAPER        =
 
-ALLSPHINXOPTS = -b$(BUILDER) -dbuild/doctrees $(SPHINXOPTS) . build/$(BUILDER)
+ALLSPHINXOPTS = -b $(BUILDER) -d build/doctrees -D latex_paper_size=$(PAPER) \
+                $(SPHINXOPTS) . build/$(BUILDER)
 
 .PHONY: help checkout update build html web htmlhelp clean
 
 help:
 	@echo "Please use \`make <target>' where <target> is one of"
-	@echo "  html  to make standalone HTML files"
-	@echo "  web   to make file usable by Sphinx.web"
+	@echo "  html   to make standalone HTML files"
+	@echo "  web    to make file usable by Sphinx.web"
 	@echo "  htmlhelp to make HTML files and a HTML help project"
+	@echo "  latex  to make LaTeX files, you can set PAPER=a4 or PAPER=letter"
 
 checkout:
 	@if [ ! -d tools/sphinx ]; then \
@@ -60,6 +63,8 @@
 latex: BUILDER = latex
 latex: build
 	@echo "Build finished; the LaTeX files are in build/latex."
+	@echo "Run \`make all-pdf' or \`make all-ps' in that directory to" \
+	      "run these through (pdf)latex."
 
 clean:
 	-rm -rf build/*