diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 6ac03cca94e96..f6c4c9d226aa6 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -1227,6 +1227,7 @@
   ./services/networking/sunshine.nix
   ./services/networking/supplicant.nix
   ./services/networking/supybot.nix
+  ./services/networking/suricata/default.nix
   ./services/networking/syncplay.nix
   ./services/networking/syncthing-relay.nix
   ./services/networking/syncthing.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/suricata/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/suricata/default.nix
index 5473fc913ebc6..b7d6631fb1896 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/suricata/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/suricata/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ let
     ;
 in
 {
-  meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ felbinger ];
+  meta = {
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ felbinger ];
+    buildDocsInSandbox = false;
+  };
+  documentation.nixos.options.warningsAreErrors = true;  # treat missing description errors as warnings
 
   options.services.suricata = {
     enable = mkEnableOption "Suricata";