diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 8b014494c8..945db38b54 100755
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - checkout
       - *make_docs
+      - store_artifacts:
+          # allows us to preview the generated html pages
+          path: docs/build/html/
+          destination: html
 
   Formatting:
     docker:
diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
index c7df9af637..fbde00f6fa 100644
--- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ make html
 ```
 and open `docs/build/html/index.html` in your browser.
 
+When you send a PR the continuous integration will run tests and build the docs. You can access a preview of the html pages in the 
+_Artifacts_ tab in CircleCI when you click on the task named _ci/circleci: Build-Docs_ at the bottom of the PR page.
 
 ### Testing