diff --git a/docs/build.rst b/docs/build.rst
index 66b08689f..bd8a73c77 100644
--- a/docs/build.rst
+++ b/docs/build.rst
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ To have the kitty documentation available locally, run::
 
     python3 -m pip install -r docs/requirements.txt && make docs
 
+To develop the docs, with live reloading, use::
+
+    python3 -m pip install -r docs/requirements.txt && make develop-docs
+
 
 Building kitty.app on macOS from source
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diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index 5a57e5492..e2110e3de 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ furo
 sphinx-copybutton
 sphinxext-opengraph
 sphinx-inline-tabs
+sphinx-autobuild