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@@ -12,6 +12,19 @@ We actively welcome your pull requests.
 5. Make sure your code lints.
 6. If you haven't already, complete the Contributor License Agreement ("CLA").
 
+### Building the Documentation
+
+If you are making changes to the documentation at [https://llama-stack.readthedocs.io/en/latest/](https://llama-stack.readthedocs.io/en/latest/), you can use the following command to build the documentation and preview your changes. You will need [Sphinx](https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/) and the readthedocs theme. 
+
+```bash
+cd llama-stack/docs
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+pip install sphinx-autobuild
+
+# This will start a local server (usually at http://127.0.0.1:8000) that automatically rebuilds and refreshes when you make changes to the documentation.
+sphinx-autobuild source build/html
+```
+
 ## Contributor License Agreement ("CLA")
 In order to accept your pull request, we need you to submit a CLA. You only need
 to do this once to work on any of Meta's open source projects.