diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index d7ec12a3a..ad71b6cfe 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 Release 1.2 (in development)
 ============================
 
+* The :confval:`latex_documents`, :confval:`texinfo_documents`, and
+  :confval:`man_pages` configuration values will be set to default values based
+  on the :confval:`master_doc` if not explicitly set in :file:`conf.py`.
+  Previously, if these values were not set, no output would be genereted by
+  their respective builders.
+
 * PR#99: Strip down seealso directives to normal admonitions.  This removes
   their unusual CSS classes (admonition-see-also), inconsistent LaTeX
   admonition title ("See Also" instead of "See also"), and spurious indentation
diff --git a/sphinx/config.py b/sphinx/config.py
index b91bd0b11..45105f26f 100644
--- a/sphinx/config.py
+++ b/sphinx/config.py
@@ -144,7 +144,11 @@ class Config(object):
         epub_max_image_width = (0, 'env'),
 
         # LaTeX options
-        latex_documents = ([], None),
+        latex_documents = (lambda self: [(self.master_doc,
+                                          make_filename(self.project) + '.tex',
+                                          self.project,
+                                          '', 'manual')],
+                           None),
         latex_logo = (None, None),
         latex_appendices = ([], None),
         latex_use_parts = (False, None),
@@ -167,11 +171,22 @@ class Config(object):
         text_newlines = ('unix', 'env'),
 
         # manpage options
-        man_pages = ([], None),
+        man_pages = (lambda self: [(self.master_doc,
+                                    make_filename(self.project).lower(),
+                                    '%s %s' % (self.project, self.release),
+                                    [], 1)],
+                     None),
         man_show_urls = (False, None),
 
         # Texinfo options
-        texinfo_documents = ([], None),
+        texinfo_documents = (lambda self: [(self.master_doc,
+                                            make_filename(self.project).lower(),
+                                            self.project, '',
+                                            make_filename(self.project),
+                                            'The %s reference manual.' %
+                                            make_filename(self.project),
+                                            'Python')],
+                             None),
         texinfo_appendices = ([], None),
         texinfo_elements = ({}, None),
         texinfo_domain_indices = (True, None),