diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 56e021d..d26ef7b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 vala-0.9.3.tar.bz2
 vala-0.9.4.tar.bz2
 vala-0.9.5.tar.bz2
+/vala-0.9.8.tar.bz2
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 37c4483..11fa99a 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2c92ba5ebdc1d56299535f562991a2a8  vala-0.9.5.tar.bz2
+bb0c56845d0da349cbfd71d8645876f4  vala-0.9.8.tar.bz2
diff --git a/vala.spec b/vala.spec
index b185305..ebc897d 100644
--- a/vala.spec
+++ b/vala.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 %global api_ver 0.10
 
 Name:           vala
-Version:        0.9.5
+Version:        0.9.8
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        A modern programming language for GNOME
 
@@ -79,10 +79,15 @@ from existing C libraries, allowing access from Vala programs.
 Summary:        Documentation for %{name}
 Group:          Documentation
 License:        LGPLv2+
+
+BuildArch:	noarch
 Requires:       %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires:       devhelp
 Provides:       %{name}-docs = %{version}-%{release}
 Obsoletes:      %{name}-docs < %{version}-%{release}
+# might seem redundant, but needed to kill off the old arch-ed -doc
+# subpackage
+Obsoletes:      %{name}-doc < %{version}-%{release}
 
 
 %description    doc
@@ -198,7 +203,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %files doc
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%{_datadir}/devhelp/books/vala-%{api_ver}
+%doc %{_datadir}/devhelp/books/vala-%{api_ver}
 
 %files -n emacs-%{name}
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
@@ -214,6 +219,11 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Sep 12 2010 Michel Salim <salimma@fedoraproject.org> - 0.9.8-1
+- Update to 0.9.8
+- Make -doc subpackage noarch
+- Mark -doc files as %%doc
+
 * Mon Aug  9 2010 Michel Salim <salimma@fedoraproject.org> - 0.9.5-1
 - Update to 0.9.5