diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ffc33ebe23..7bcc6e8cf8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@ deploy_sandbox:
 install-piptools: ## Install pip-tools
 	pip install -U pip-tools
 
-.PHONY: doc-requirements.txt
-doc-requirements.txt: doc-requirements.in install-piptools
-	$(call PIP_COMPILE,doc-requirements.in)
-
 .PHONY: install-conda-lock
 install-conda-lock:
 	pip install conda-lock
diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index 322c7fe3b5..dc5cb7046c 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@
 
 In the `flyteorg/flyte` root directory do:
 
-```
+```bash
 $ conda-lock install --name monodocs-env monodocs-environment.lock.yaml
+$ conda activate monodocs-env
+$ pip install ./flyteidl
 ```
 
 This creates a new environment called `monodocs-env` with all the dependencies needed to build the docs. You can choose a different environment name if you like.
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ This creates a new environment called `monodocs-env` with all the dependencies n
 
 In the `flyteorg/flyte` root directory make sure you have activated the `monodocs-env` (or whatever you called it) environment and do:
 
-```
+```bash
 $ make docs
 ```