diff --git a/docs/contributing.md b/docs/contributing.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..07431750
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/contributing.md
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+These instructions are for users who would like to get this documentation site running locally,
+so you can edit changes and view them immediately.
+
+## Windows
+
+You need these things:
+
+ - this repo - `git clone https://github.com/octokit/octokit.net.git`
+ - Python - install it from Chocolatey: `cinst python`
+ - mkdocs - install it with pip: `pip install mkdocs`
+
+**NOTE**: of course mkdocs doesn't appear on your PATH after this. Ugh. It's 2016. Come on people.
+
+**HACK**: add this to your PATH - `C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\python3\tools\Scripts` and restart your shell.
+
+Once you've got all that, run `mkdocs serve` from the root of your repository and then point your browser
+to `http://localhost:8000/`
+
+**NOTE**:  You'll probably get a dialog here to give `python.exe` permission to open port 8000 on your firewall. This is fine.
+
+## OS X
+
+You need these things:
+
+ - this repo - `git clone https://github.com/octokit/octokit.net.git`
+ - Python - if you don't have it already, get it from homebrew: `brew install python3`
+ - mkdocs - install it with pip: `pip install mkdocs`
+
+Once you've got all that, run `mkdocs serve` from the root of your repository and then point your browser
+to `http://localhost:8000/`
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 2a16b26f..9bea8f0a 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ theme: readthedocs
 pages:
 - 'Home' : 'index.md'
 
-- 'Getting Started' :
-  - 'Creating a GitHubClient' : 'getting-started.md'
+- 'Getting Started' : getting-started.md
 
 - Features:
   - 'Issues' : 'issues.md'
@@ -34,3 +33,4 @@ pages:
 - Contributing:
   - 'Shipping Releases' : 'shipping-releases.md'
   - 'Strong Naming' : 'strong-naming.md'
+  - 'Documentation': 'contributing.md'