diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
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+# Instructions for Building Documentation
+
+The documentation for the Discord.NET library uses [DocFX][docfx-main]. [Instructions for installing this tool can be found here.][docfx-installing]
+
+1. Navigate to the root of the repository.
+2. (Optional) If you intend to target a specific version, ensure that you
+have the correct version checked out.
+3. Build the library. Run `dotnet build` in the root of this repository.
+ Ensure that the build passes without errors.
+4. Build the docs using `docfx .\docs\docfx.json`. Add the `--serve` parameter
+to preview the site locally. Some elements of the page may appear incorrect
+when not hosted by a server.
+      - Remarks: According to the docfx website, this tool does work on Linux under mono.
+
+[docfx-main]: https://dotnet.github.io/docfx/
+[docfx-installing]: https://dotnet.github.io/docfx/tutorial/docfx_getting_started.html
diff --git a/docs/docfx.json b/docs/docfx.json
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       "default"
     ],
     "globalMetadata": {
-      "_appFooter": "Discord.Net (c) 2015-2017"
+      "_appFooter": "Discord.Net (c) 2015-2018 2.0.0-beta"
     },
     "noLangKeyword": false
   }
-}
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+}