3 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/command/cmd_defs.c b/src/command/cmd_defs.c
index ffc4ec83..599262c1 100644
--- a/src/command/cmd_defs.c
+++ b/src/command/cmd_defs.c
@@ -2452,7 +2452,7 @@ static struct cmd_t command_defs[] = {
               "If nothing happens after using this command the user either doesn't have an avatar set at all "
               "or doesn't use XEP-0084 to publish it.")
       CMD_ARGS(
-              { "set <path>", "Set avatar to the img at <path>." },
+              { "set <path>", "Set avatar to the image at <path>." },
               { "get <barejid>", "Download the avatar. barejid is the JID to download avatar from." },
               { "open <barejid>", "Download avatar and open it with command." })
       CMD_EXAMPLES(
diff --git a/src/command/cmd_funcs.c b/src/command/cmd_funcs.c
index dfe96971..2a8331d1 100644
--- a/src/command/cmd_funcs.c
+++ b/src/command/cmd_funcs.c
@@ -9201,7 +9201,7 @@ cmd_avatar(ProfWin* window, const char* const command, gchar** args)
             cons_show("Avatar updated successfully");
         }
 #else
-        cons_show("This version of Profanity has not been built with GDK Pixbuf support enabled");
+        cons_show("Profanity has not been built with GDK Pixbuf support enabled which is needed to scale the avatar when uploading.");
 #endif
     } else if (g_strcmp0(args[0], "get") == 0) {
         avatar_get_by_nick(args[1], false);
diff --git a/src/xmpp/avatar.c b/src/xmpp/avatar.c
index 15ec7f1a..9345ba3a 100644
--- a/src/xmpp/avatar.c
+++ b/src/xmpp/avatar.c
@@ -36,12 +36,13 @@
 #include "config.h"
 
 #include <glib.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_PIXBUF
 #include <gdk-pixbuf-2.0/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.h>
+#endif
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <assert.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
 #include "log.h"
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ typedef struct avatar_metadata
 
 static GHashTable* looking_for = NULL; // contains nicks/barejids from who we want to get the avatar
 static GHashTable* shall_open = NULL;  // contains a list of nicks that shall not just downloaded but also opened
-const int MAX_PIXEL = 192;
+const int MAX_PIXEL = 192;             // max pixel width/height for an avatar
 
 static void _avatar_request_item_by_id(const char* jid, avatar_metadata* data);
 static int _avatar_metadata_handler(xmpp_stanza_t* const stanza, void* const userdata);