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 This project uses [Material for MkDocs](https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/) to generate versioned documentation automatically. Content for the documentation is auto-generated by referencing the markdown contained in the project's `README.md` files.
 
 **Local development:**
-- To build the project documentation, run: `make docs-local-docker VERSION=<Semantic Release Version>`. This will build the project using `./docs/Dockerfile` and host the documentation using `mkdocs serve` on port `8000`.
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+* To build the project documentation, execute the following command: `make docs-local-docker VERSION=<VERSION> ALIAS=<ALIAS>`, including a semantic release version (i.e. `v1.0.0`) and an alias (i.e. `latest`). This will build the project using `./docs/Dockerfile`.
+* To run the documentation locally, execute the following command: `make docs-run VERSION=<VERSION> ALIAS=<ALIAS>` which runs the documentation in a local container using `mkdocs serve` on port `8000`.
 
 **Live documentation (GitHub Pages):**
-- A Github workflow is used to build and deploy the documentation to the gh-pages branch: `.github/workflows/docs.yml`
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+* A Github workflow is used to build and deploy the documentation to the gh-pages branch: `.github/workflows/docs.yml`
 
 ## Code of Conduct
 This project has adopted the [Amazon Open Source Code of Conduct](https://aws.github.io/code-of-conduct).