diff --git a/sphinx/ext/refcounting.py b/sphinx/ext/refcounting.py
index 9bcd3cdf3..c6e5a76fc 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/refcounting.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/refcounting.py
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
     Supports reference count annotations for C API functions.  Based on
     refcount.py and anno-api.py in the old Python documentation tools.
 
+    Usage: Set the `refcount_file` config value to the path to the reference
+    count data file.
+
     :copyright: 2008 by Georg Brandl.
     :license: BSD.
 """
diff --git a/sphinx/highlighting.py b/sphinx/highlighting.py
index 78e930645..bc7ad966a 100644
--- a/sphinx/highlighting.py
+++ b/sphinx/highlighting.py
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ def escape_tex(text):
 
 class PygmentsBridge(object):
     def __init__(self, dest='html', stylename='sphinx'):
+        self.dest = dest
         if not pygments:
             return
-        self.dest = dest
         if stylename == 'sphinx':
             style = SphinxStyle
         else: