diff --git a/ceilometer/api/app.py b/ceilometer/api/app.py
index 6b446d0f..983e92ce 100644
--- a/ceilometer/api/app.py
+++ b/ceilometer/api/app.py
@@ -57,3 +57,6 @@ def make_app(enable_acl=True, attach_storage=True):
     if enable_acl:
         return acl.install(app, cfg.CONF)
     return app
+
+# For documentation
+app = make_app(enable_acl=False, attach_storage=False)
diff --git a/doc/source/install.rst b/doc/source/install.rst
index de01aa8f..d7644714 100644
--- a/doc/source/install.rst
+++ b/doc/source/install.rst
@@ -150,11 +150,11 @@ Installing the Compute Agent
    The ``nova`` compute service needs the following configuration to
    be set in ``nova.conf``::
 
-   # nova-compute configuration for ceilometer
-   instance_usage_audit=True
-   instance_usage_audit_period=hour
-   notification_driver=nova.openstack.common.notifier.rabbit_notifier
-   notification_driver=ceilometer.compute.nova_notifier
+      # nova-compute configuration for ceilometer
+      instance_usage_audit=True
+      instance_usage_audit_period=hour
+      notification_driver=nova.openstack.common.notifier.rabbit_notifier
+      notification_driver=ceilometer.compute.nova_notifier
 
 2. Clone the ceilometer git repository to the server::