diff --git a/docs/plugins/Makefile.am b/docs/plugins/Makefile.am
index 9967cac6ef..aa00054e38 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/plugins/Makefile.am
@@ -69,9 +69,21 @@ SCANOBJ_DEPS =
 IGNORE_HFILES = avcodec.h gstffmpegcodecmap.h dsputil.h
 IGNORE_CFILES = utils.c mem.c imgconvert.c
 
+# we add all .h files of elements that have signals/args we want
+# sadly this also pulls in the private methods - maybe we should
+# move those around in the source ?
+# also, we should add some stuff here conditionally based on whether
+# or not the plugin will actually build
+# but I'm not sure about that - it might be this Just Works given that
+# the registry won't have the element
+
+# FIXME: not ported yet
+#	$(top_srcdir)/ext/gnomevfs/gstgnomevfssink.c 
+
 EXTRA_HFILES = \
 	$(top_srcdir)/gst/tcp/gstmultifdsink.h \
-	$(top_srcdir)/gst/tcp/gsttcpserversink.h
+	$(top_srcdir)/gst/tcp/gsttcpserversink.h \
+	$(top_srcdir)/ext/vorbis/vorbisenc.h
 
 # Images to copy into HTML directory.
 HTML_IMAGES =
diff --git a/docs/plugins/gst-plugins-base-plugins-docs.sgml b/docs/plugins/gst-plugins-base-plugins-docs.sgml
index 99c0e47686..ce6d633c3d 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/gst-plugins-base-plugins-docs.sgml
+++ b/docs/plugins/gst-plugins-base-plugins-docs.sgml
@@ -10,9 +10,39 @@
     <title>GStreamer Base Plugins &GST_MAJORMINOR; Plugins Reference Manual</title>
   </bookinfo>
 
+  <chapter>
+    <title>gst-plugins-base Elements</title>
+    <xi:include href="xml/element-multifdsink.xml" />
+    <xi:include href="xml/element-tcpserversink.xml" />
+<!--
+    <xi:include href="xml/element-gnomevfssink.xml" />
+-->
+    <xi:include href="xml/element-vorbisenc.xml" />
+  </chapter>
+
   <chapter>
     <title>gst-plugins-base Plugins</title>
-    <xi:include href="xml/multifdsink.xml"/>
-    <xi:include href="xml/tcpserversink.xml"/>
+    <xi:include href="xml/plugin-adder.xml" />
+    <xi:include href="xml/plugin-alsa.xml" />
+    <xi:include href="xml/plugin-audioconvert.xml" />
+    <xi:include href="xml/plugin-audiorate.xml" />
+    <xi:include href="xml/plugin-decodebin.xml" />
+    <xi:include href="xml/plugin-gnomevfs.xml" />
+    <xi:include href="xml/plugin-ogg.xml" />
+    <xi:include href="xml/plugin-playbin.xml" />
+    <xi:include href="xml/plugin-sine.xml" />
+    <xi:include href="xml/plugin-subparse.xml" />
+    <xi:include href="xml/plugin-tcp.xml" />
+    <xi:include href="xml/plugin-theora.xml" />
+    <xi:include href="xml/plugin-typefindfunctions.xml" />
+    <xi:include href="xml/plugin-video4linux.xml" />
+    <xi:include href="xml/plugin-videorate.xml" />
+    <xi:include href="xml/plugin-videoscale.xml" />
+    <xi:include href="xml/plugin-videotestsrc.xml" />
+    <xi:include href="xml/plugin-volume.xml" />
+    <xi:include href="xml/plugin-vorbis.xml" />
+    <xi:include href="xml/plugin-ximage.xml" />
+    <xi:include href="xml/plugin-xvimagesink.xml" />
   </chapter>
 </book>
+
diff --git a/docs/plugins/gst-plugins-base-plugins-sections.txt b/docs/plugins/gst-plugins-base-plugins-sections.txt
index d01ad8ac31..32a509d5f1 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/gst-plugins-base-plugins-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/plugins/gst-plugins-base-plugins-sections.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <SECTION>
-<FILE>multifdsink</FILE>
+<FILE>element-multifdsink</FILE>
 GstMultiFdSink
 GstMultiFdSinkFlags
 GstRecoverPolicy
@@ -12,16 +12,42 @@ GstMultiFdSinkClass
 </SECTION>
 
 <SECTION>
-<FILE>tcpserversink</FILE>
+<FILE>element-tcpserversink</FILE>
 GstTCPServerSink
 <TITLE>tcpserversink</TITLE>
 <SUBSECTION Standard>
 GstTCPServerSinkClass
 </SECTION>
 
+<SECTION>
+<FILE>element-tcpserversink</FILE>
+GstTCPServerSink
+<TITLE>tcpserversink</TITLE>
+<SUBSECTION Standard>
+GstTCPServerSinkClass
+</SECTION>
+
+<SECTION>
+<FILE>element-gnomevfssink</FILE>
+GstGnomeVFSSink
+<TITLE>gnomevfssink</TITLE>
+<SUBSECTION Standard>
+GstGnomeVFSSinkClass
+</SECTION>
+
+
+<SECTION>
+<FILE>element-vorbisenc</FILE>
+<TITLE>vorbisenc</TITLE>
+GstVorbisEnc
+<SUBSECTION Standard>
+GstVorbisEncClass
+</SECTION>
+
 
 <SECTION>
 <FILE>private</FILE>
+
 CLIENTS_UNLOCK
 CLIENTS_LOCK_INIT
 GST_MULTIFDSINK_GET_CLASS
@@ -38,4 +64,29 @@ GST_MULTIFDSINK_CLASS
 gst_multifdsink_get_stats
 GST_MULTIFDSINK
 gst_multifdsink_add
+
+GST_TCPSERVERSINK
+GstTCPServerSinkFlags
+GST_TYPE_TCPSERVERSINK
+gst_tcpserversink_get_type
+GST_IS_TCPSERVERSINK_CLASS
+GST_IS_TCPSERVERSINK
+
+GST_GNOMEVFSSINK_CLASS
+GST_TYPE_GNOMEVFSSINK
+GST_IS_GNOMEVFSSINK
+gst_gnomevfssink_get_type
+GST_IS_GNOMEVFSSINK_CLASS
+GST_ELEMENT_CLASS
+GstGnomeVFSSinkFlags
+GST_GNOMEVFSSINK
+
+GST_IS_VORBISENC
+GST_VORBISENC_CLASS
+GST_VORBISENC
+GST_TCPSERVERSINK_CLASS
+GST_TYPE_VORBISENC
+GST_IS_VORBISENC_CLASS
+vorbisenc_get_type
+
 </SECTION>
diff --git a/docs/plugins/inspect-build.stamp b/docs/plugins/inspect-build.stamp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/docs/plugins/inspect.stamp b/docs/plugins/inspect.stamp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e0cb13940b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/plugins/inspect.stamp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+timestamp
\ No newline at end of file