diff --git a/docs/reference/swe-glib/Makefile.am b/docs/reference/swe-glib/Makefile.am
index a6be21c..1730b3b 100644
--- a/docs/reference/swe-glib/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/reference/swe-glib/Makefile.am
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ SCANGOBJ_OPTIONS=
 
 # Extra options to supply to gtkdoc-scan.
 # e.g. SCAN_OPTIONS=--deprecated-guards="GTK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED"
-SCAN_OPTIONS=--rebuild-types
+SCAN_OPTIONS=--rebuild-types --deprecated-guards="GSWE_DISABLE_DEPRECATED"
 
 # Extra options to supply to gtkdoc-mkdb.
 # e.g. MKDB_OPTIONS=--xml-mode --output-format=xml