diff --git a/perl.changes b/perl.changes
index 48db2d1..f6ce10f 100644
--- a/perl.changes
+++ b/perl.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jan 28 09:38:54 UTC 2011 - lnussel@suse.de
+
+- Suggest instead of Recommend perl-doc. It's not useful on a
+  end-user system and saves 20MB on a minimal installation.
+
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 Fri Jan 14 18:04:16 CET 2011 - mls@suse.de
 
diff --git a/perl.spec b/perl.spec
index 14e3bbe..979e3dc 100644
--- a/perl.spec
+++ b/perl.spec
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ PreReq:         perl-base = %version
 #PreReq:         %fillup_prereq
 BuildRequires:  db-devel gdbm-devel libbz2-devel ncurses-devel zlib-devel
 #Requires:       gzip	# needed in SuSEconfig.perl
-Recommends:     perl-doc = %version
+Suggests:       perl-doc = %version
 #
 %if "%version" != "%pversion"
 Provides:       perl = %pversion-%release