diff --git a/doc/make/travis.md b/doc/make/travis.md
index d4e3f50642..040c54cd40 100644
--- a/doc/make/travis.md
+++ b/doc/make/travis.md
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 Automatic Builds at [Travis](https://travis-ci.org/)
 ----------------------------------------------------
 
-Whenever a commit is submitted to the the main repository,
+When a commit is submitted to the the main repository,
 a service hook at github will automatically build Lean using
 [Travis](https://travis-ci.org/).
 
+There is a way to prevent a push from being built.
+Pushes that have either ```[ci skip]``` or ```[skip ci]``` *anywhere* in one of the
+commit messages will be ignored. 
+
 Automatic builds can be enabled for any *fork* of the Lean repository.
 We just have to go to our fork page at github; select `settings` (it is an icon on the right hand side of the page);
 select `Service Hooks`; select `Travis`; and provide the required information.
@@ -12,4 +16,4 @@ We must have an account at Travis.
 
 By default, build reports are sent to the [leansmt-dev](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/leansmt-dev) Google group.
 You can change that by modifying the file [.travis.yml](../../.travis.yml) in the Lean root directory. The file contains a
-`recipients:` entry.
\ No newline at end of file
+`recipients:` entry.