diff --git a/templates/skeleton/template.tcl b/templates/skeleton/template.tcl
index 49354ae..f485a45 100644
--- a/templates/skeleton/template.tcl
+++ b/templates/skeleton/template.tcl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2010-2015,2017 LAAS/CNRS
+# Copyright (c) 2010-2019 LAAS/CNRS
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution  and  use  in  source  and binary  forms,  with  or  without
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ template usage "Skeleton generation template\n" [regsub -all [join {
   # +-t+::
   # +--terse+ ::
   #			Produce terse output: no documentation is generated
+  # +-d+::
+  # +--doc_only+ ::
+  #		Just produce the README.adoc documentation
   # +-h+::
   # +--help+ ::
   #			Print usage summary (this text)
@@ -98,6 +101,7 @@ template usage "Skeleton generation template\n" [regsub -all [join {
 # defaults: no file overwrite
 engine mode -overwrite -merge-if-change
 set terse no
+set doc_only no
 
 # parse options
 template options {
@@ -114,6 +118,7 @@ template options {
   }
   -f - --force		{ engine mode +overwrite }
   -t - --terse		{ set terse yes }
+  -d - --doc_only	{ set doc_only yes }
   -h - --help		{ puts [template usage]; exit 0 }
 }
 
@@ -165,49 +170,53 @@ engine chdir $outdir
 set src [lang $iface; fileext]
 set ext [lang $lang; fileext]
 
-foreach c [dotgen components] {
-  # one source file for each task
-  foreach t [$c tasks] {
-    template parse					\
-        args [list $c $t] file codels.codel$src		\
-        file codels/[$c name]_[$t name]_codels$ext
-  }
 
-    # and one file for codels with no associated task
-    template parse					\
-	args [list $c ""] file codels.codel$src		\
-	file codels/[$c name]_codels$ext
-
-    # mandatory pkg-config file
-    template parse					\
-	args [list $c] file component.pc.in		\
-	file [$c name]-genom3.pc.in
-    template parse					\
-	args [list $c] file component-uninstalled.pc.in	\
-	file [$c name]-genom3-uninstalled.pc.in
-}
+if {!$doc_only} {
+    foreach c [dotgen components] {
+	# one source file for each task
+	foreach t [$c tasks] {
+	    template parse					\
+		args [list $c $t] file codels.codel$src		\
+		file codels/[$c name]_[$t name]_codels$ext
+	}
 
+	# and one file for codels with no associated task
+	template parse					\
+	    args [list $c ""] file codels.codel$src		\
+	    file codels/[$c name]_codels$ext
+
+	# mandatory pkg-config file
+	template parse					\
+	    args [list $c] file component.pc.in		\
+	    file [$c name]-genom3.pc.in
+	template parse					\
+	    args [list $c] file component-uninstalled.pc.in	\
+	    file [$c name]-genom3-uninstalled.pc.in
+    }
+}
 
 # asciidoc template
-if {!$terse} {
-  template parse args [list $input]			\
-      file readme.adoc file README.adoc
+if {!$terse || $doc_only} {
+    template parse args [list $input]			\
+	file readme.adoc file README.adoc
 }
 
 
 # generate user build files fragment
 #
-template parse perm a+x					\
-    string "#!/bin/sh\nautoreconf -vi\n"		\
-    file bootstrap.sh
-template parse						\
-    file ag_templates.m4 file autoconf/ag_templates.m4
-template parse						\
-    args [list $input $lang $terse]			\
-    file top.configure.ac file configure.ac
-template parse						\
-    args [list $input $idls $lang $terse]		\
-    file top.Makefile.am file Makefile.am
-template parse						\
-    args [list $input $lang] file codels.Makefile.am	\
-    file codels/Makefile.am
+if {!$doc_only} {
+    template parse perm a+x					\
+	string "#!/bin/sh\nautoreconf -vi\n"		\
+	file bootstrap.sh
+    template parse						\
+	file ag_templates.m4 file autoconf/ag_templates.m4
+    template parse						\
+	args [list $input $lang $terse]			\
+	file top.configure.ac file configure.ac
+    template parse						\
+	args [list $input $idls $lang $terse]		\
+	file top.Makefile.am file Makefile.am
+    template parse						\
+	args [list $input $lang] file codels.Makefile.am	\
+	file codels/Makefile.am
+}