diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a1a66e79..30ea921a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ local:
 test-in-docker:
 	sudo docker build -t welder/lorax:latest -f Dockerfile.test .
 
+docs-in-docker:
+	sudo docker run -it --rm -v `pwd`/docs/html/:/lorax/docs/html/ --security-opt label=disable welder/lorax-composer:latest make docs
+
 ci: check test
 
 .PHONY: docs
diff --git a/docs/html/README b/docs/html/README
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..615e8738
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/html/README
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+To build the docs for this branch run:
+make test-in-docker
+make docs-in-docker
+
+If you already have a welder/lorax-composer:latest docker image you can skip running 'test-in-docker'.