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+MicroPython Documentation
+=========================
+
+The MicroPython documentation can be found at:
+http://docs.micropython.org/en/latest/
+
+The documentation you see there is generated from the files in the docs tree:
+https://github.com/micropython/micropython/tree/master/docs
+
+Building the documentation locally
+----------------------------------
+
+If you're making changes to the documentation, you may want to build the
+documentation locally so that you can preview your changes.
+
+Install Sphinx, and optionally (for the RTD-styling), sphinx_rtd_theme,
+preferably in a virtualenv:
+
+ pip install sphinx
+ pip install sphinx_rtd_theme
+
+In `micropython/docs`, build the docs:
+
+ make MICROPY_PORT=<port_name> BUILDDIR=build/<port_name> html
+
+Where `<port_name>` can be `unix`, `pyboard`, `wipy` or `esp8266`.
+
+You'll find the index page at `micropython/docs/build/<port_name>/html/index.html`.