diff --git a/website/README.md b/website/README.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+This is the webserver that serves camlistore.org. You will need to build and
+run it in order to preview changes to the documentation.
+
+    go build
+    ./website
+
+The webserver runs on port 31798.
diff --git a/website/content/code.md b/website/content/code.md
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         squash to a single commit before sending for review again (be
         sure to keep the same [the Change-Id
         line](http://gerrit.googlecode.com/svn/documentation/2.2.1/user-changeid.html))
+
+### Documentation
+
+To work on the documentation, you'll need to locally build and run the webserver
+that serves camlistore.org. See
+[/website/README.md](https://camlistore.googlesource.com/camlistore/+/master/website/README.md).