diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/system-path.nix b/nixos/modules/config/system-path.nix
index d3212d931605..361151665018 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/system-path.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/system-path.nix
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ in
         "/sbin"
         "/share/applications"
         "/share/desktop-directories"
-        "/share/doc"
         "/share/emacs"
         "/share/icons"
         "/share/menus"
diff --git a/nixos/modules/misc/documentation.nix b/nixos/modules/misc/documentation.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cea8981370bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/misc/documentation.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let cfg = config.documentation; in
+
+{
+
+  options = {
+
+    documentation = {
+
+      enable = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = true;
+        description = ''
+          Whether to install documentation of packages from
+          <option>environment.systemPackages</option> into the generated system path.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      man.enable = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = true;
+        description = ''
+          Whether to install manual pages and the <command>man</command> command.
+          This also includes "man" outputs.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      doc.enable = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = true;
+        description = ''
+          Whether to install documentation distributed in packages' <literal>/share/doc</literal>.
+          Usually plain text and/or HTML.
+          This also includes "doc" outputs.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      info.enable = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = true;
+        description = ''
+          Whether to install info pages and the <command>info</command> command.
+          This also includes "info" outputs.
+        '';
+      };
+
+    };
+
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable (mkMerge [
+
+    (mkIf cfg.man.enable {
+      environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.man-db ];
+      environment.pathsToLink = [ "/share/man" ];
+      environment.extraOutputsToInstall = [ "man" ];
+    })
+
+    (mkIf cfg.doc.enable {
+      # TODO(@oxij): put it here and remove from profiles?
+      # environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.w3m ]; # w3m-nox?
+      environment.pathsToLink = [ "/share/doc" ];
+      environment.extraOutputsToInstall = [ "doc" ];
+    })
+
+    (mkIf cfg.info.enable {
+      environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.texinfoInteractive ];
+      environment.pathsToLink = [ "/share/info" ];
+      environment.extraOutputsToInstall = [ "info" ];
+    })
+
+  ]);
+
+}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index f23ecc1e99d8..3a8b1014553c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
   ./installer/tools/tools.nix
   ./misc/assertions.nix
   ./misc/crashdump.nix
+  ./misc/documentation.nix
   ./misc/extra-arguments.nix
   ./misc/ids.nix
   ./misc/lib.nix
@@ -85,12 +86,10 @@
   ./programs/freetds.nix
   ./programs/gnupg.nix
   ./programs/gphoto2.nix
-  ./programs/info.nix
   ./programs/java.nix
   ./programs/kbdlight.nix
   ./programs/less.nix
   ./programs/light.nix
-  ./programs/man.nix
   ./programs/mosh.nix
   ./programs/mtr.nix
   ./programs/nano.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/profiles/minimal.nix b/nixos/modules/profiles/minimal.nix
index e2497d04252e..40df7063a9bf 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/profiles/minimal.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/profiles/minimal.nix
@@ -10,10 +10,9 @@ with lib;
 
   # This isn't perfect, but let's expect the user specifies an UTF-8 defaultLocale
   i18n.supportedLocales = [ (config.i18n.defaultLocale + "/UTF-8") ];
-  services.nixosManual.enable = mkDefault false;
 
-  programs.man.enable = mkDefault false;
-  programs.info.enable = mkDefault false;
+  documentation.enable = mkDefault false;
+  services.nixosManual.enable = mkDefault false;
 
   sound.enable = mkDefault false;
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/programs/info.nix b/nixos/modules/programs/info.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index be6439dca5ad..000000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/programs/info.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
-
-with lib;
-
-{
-
-  options = {
-
-    programs.info.enable = mkOption {
-      type = types.bool;
-      default = true;
-      description = ''
-        Whether to enable info pages and the <command>info</command> command.
-      '';
-    };
-
-  };
-
-
-  config = mkIf config.programs.info.enable {
-
-    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.texinfoInteractive ];
-
-    environment.pathsToLink = [ "/info" "/share/info" ];
-
-    environment.extraOutputsToInstall = [ "info" ];
-
-  };
-
-}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/programs/man.nix b/nixos/modules/programs/man.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b20a38d8856..000000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/programs/man.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
-
-with lib;
-
-{
-
-  options = {
-
-    programs.man.enable = mkOption {
-      type = types.bool;
-      default = true;
-      description = ''
-        Whether to enable manual pages and the <command>man</command> command.
-        This also includes "man" outputs of all <literal>systemPackages</literal>.
-      '';
-    };
-
-  };
-
-
-  config = mkIf config.programs.man.enable {
-
-    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.man-db ];
-
-    environment.pathsToLink = [ "/share/man" ];
-
-    environment.extraOutputsToInstall = [ "man" ];
-
-  };
-
-}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/rename.nix b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
index 288634343750..6a3c8f43b87b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/rename.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
@@ -240,6 +240,10 @@ with lib;
 
     # Xen
     (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "virtualisation" "xen" "qemu-package" ] [ "virtualisation" "xen" "package-qemu" ])
+
+    (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "programs" "info" "enable" ] [ "documentation" "info" "enable" ])
+    (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "programs" "man"  "enable" ] [ "documentation" "man"  "enable" ])
+
   ] ++ (flip map [ "blackboxExporter" "collectdExporter" "fritzboxExporter"
                    "jsonExporter" "minioExporter" "nginxExporter" "nodeExporter"
                    "snmpExporter" "unifiExporter" "varnishExporter" ]
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/nixos-manual.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/nixos-manual.nix
index b8253956d54f..abf506ea7c67 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/nixos-manual.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/nixos-manual.nix
@@ -112,10 +112,10 @@ in
 
     system.build.manual = manual;
 
-    environment.systemPackages =
-      [ manual.manual helpScript ]
-      ++ optionals config.services.xserver.enable [desktopItem pkgs.nixos-icons]
-      ++ optional config.programs.man.enable manual.manpages;
+    environment.systemPackages = []
+      ++ optionals config.services.xserver.enable [ desktopItem pkgs.nixos-icons ]
+      ++ optional  config.documentation.man.enable manual.manpages
+      ++ optionals config.documentation.doc.enable [ manual.manual helpScript ];
 
     boot.extraTTYs = mkIf cfg.showManual ["tty${toString cfg.ttyNumber}"];