diff --git a/CMake/VTKmBuildDocumentation.cmake b/CMake/VTKmBuildDocumentation.cmake
index 783cad567..cdf07438a 100644
--- a/CMake/VTKmBuildDocumentation.cmake
+++ b/CMake/VTKmBuildDocumentation.cmake
@@ -13,6 +13,17 @@
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 find_package(Doxygen REQUIRED)
 
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Function to turn CMake booleans to `YES` or `NO` as expected by Doxygen
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+function(to_yes_no variable)
+  if(${variable})
+    set(${variable} YES PARENT_SCOPE)
+  else()
+    set(${variable} NO PARENT_SCOPE)
+  endif()
+endfunction()
+
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Configure Doxygen
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -20,6 +31,9 @@ set(VTKm_DOXYGEN_HAVE_DOT ${DOXYGEN_DOT_FOUND})
 set(VTKm_DOXYGEN_DOT_PATH ${DOXYGEN_DOT_PATH})
 set(VTKm_DOXYFILE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/docs/doxyfile)
 
+to_yes_no(VTKm_ENABLE_USERS_GUIDE)
+to_yes_no(VTKm_Doxygen_HTML_output)
+
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/CMake/doxyfile.in ${VTKm_DOXYFILE}
     @ONLY)
 
diff --git a/CMake/doxyfile.in b/CMake/doxyfile.in
index d8f8f1b4e..ff74e0387 100644
--- a/CMake/doxyfile.in
+++ b/CMake/doxyfile.in
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ IGNORE_PREFIX          =
 # configuration options related to the HTML output
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-GENERATE_HTML          = YES
+GENERATE_HTML          = @VTKm_Doxygen_HTML_output@
 
 HTML_OUTPUT            = html
 
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ MAN_LINKS              = NO
 # configuration options related to the XML output
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-GENERATE_XML           = YES
+GENERATE_XML           = @VTKm_ENABLE_USERS_GUIDE@
 
 XML_OUTPUT             = xml
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 51bd48faa..ff6f823d6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -126,6 +126,15 @@ cmake_dependent_option(VTKm_ENABLE_USERS_GUIDE
   "VTKm_ENABLE_DOCUMENTATION"
   OFF
   )
+# If you are building the User's Guide, you may only need the XML output from Doxygen, which
+# is much faster than generating the HTML. Thus, give the option to turn on/off the HTML output.
+cmake_dependent_option(VTKm_Doxygen_HTML_output
+  "Build HTML output"
+  ON
+  "VTKm_ENABLE_USERS_GUIDE"
+  ON
+  )
+mark_as_advanced(VTKm_Doxygen_HTML_output)
 
 # We may want to make finer controls on whether libraries/modules get built.
 # VTK uses the concept of groups for its modules