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@@ -134,14 +134,18 @@ The `main` branch contains the latest version of the Datepicker component.
 
 To begin local development:
 
-1. `yarn install`
-2. `yarn build-dev`
-3. `yarn start`
+1. Run `yarn link` from project root
+2. Run `cd docs-site && yarn link react-datepicker`
+3. Run `yarn install` from project root
+4. Run `yarn build` from project root
+5. Run `yarn start` from project root
 
 The last step starts documentation app as a simple webserver on http://localhost:3000.
 
 You can run `yarn test` to execute the test suite and linters. To help you develop the component we’ve set up some tests that cover the basic functionality (can be found in `/tests`). Even though we’re big fans of testing, this only covers a small piece of the component. We highly recommend you add tests when you’re adding new functionality.
 
+Please refer to `CONTRIBUTING.md` file for more details about getting set up.
+
 ### The examples
 
 The examples are hosted within the docs folder and are ran in the simple app that loads the Datepicker. To extend the examples with a new example, you can simply duplicate one of the existing examples and change the unique properties of your example.