diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8266cfe..a304565 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([tools])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
 
 # generate files from their *.in counterparts
-AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile doc/Makefile])
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/doc/.gitignore b/doc/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e3f7df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# generated by some output format
+*.aux
+*.cp
+*.fn
+*.ky
+*.log
+*.pg
+*.tp
+*.vr
+
+# output formats
+*.info
+*.pdf
+*.dvi
+*.html
+
+# generated by configure/autotools
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+stamp-vti
+version.texi
diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c8843b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+## liza documentation Makefile.am for automake
+#
+#  Copyright (C) 2014 LoVullo Associates, Inc.
+#
+#  This file is part of liza.
+#
+#  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+##
+
+info_TEXINFOS = liza.texi
diff --git a/doc/liza.texi b/doc/liza.texi
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d36f362
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/liza.texi
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+\input texinfo   @c -*-texinfo-*-
+@c  This document is part of the Liza Data Collection Framework manual.
+@c  Copyright (C) 2014 LoVullo Associates, Inc.
+@c    Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
+@c    under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3
+@c    or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
+@c    with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover
+@c    Texts.  A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
+@c    Free Documentation License''.
+
+@c %**start of header
+@setfilename liza.info
+@settitle Liza Data Collection Framework v@value{VERSION}
+@c %**end of header
+
+@include version.texi
+
+@copying
+This manual is for the Liza Data Collection Framework, version
+@value{VERSION}.
+
+Copyright @copyright{} 2014 LoVullo Associates, Inc.
+
+@quotation
+Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
+under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3
+or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
+with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
+A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
+Free Documentation License''.
+@end quotation
+
+@end copying
+
+
+@titlepage
+@title Liza Data Collection Framework v@value{VERSION}
+@subtitle User & Developer Manual
+@author LoVullo Associates, Inc.
+
+@c  Start copyright page
+@page
+@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
+@insertcopying
+@end titlepage
+
+@contents
+
+@ifnottex
+@node Top
+@top Main
+@end ifnottex
+
+@c This is where @menu will go
+
+@ifnottex
+
+@insertcopying
+@end ifnottex
+
+@c This is where the includes will go.
+
+@bye