diff --git a/doc/contribute/documentation/guidelines.rst b/doc/contribute/documentation/guidelines.rst
index 20ca94e2948..a98fa751916 100644
--- a/doc/contribute/documentation/guidelines.rst
+++ b/doc/contribute/documentation/guidelines.rst
@@ -11,11 +11,10 @@ Zephyr Project content is written using the `reStructuredText`_ markup
 language (.rst file extension) with Sphinx extensions, and processed
 using Sphinx to create a formatted standalone website.  Developers can
 view this content either in its raw form as .rst markup files, or (with
-Sphinx installed) they can build the documentation using the Makefile
-on Linux systems, or make.bat on Windows, to
-generate the HTML content. The HTML content can then be viewed using a
-web browser. This same .rst content is also fed into the
-`Zephyr documentation`_ website (with a different theme applied).
+Sphinx installed) they can :ref:`build the documentation <zephyr_doc>` locally
+to generate the documentation in HTML or PDF format. The HTML content can
+then be viewed using a web browser. This same .rst content is served by the
+`Zephyr documentation`_ website.
 
 You can read details about `reStructuredText`_
 and about `Sphinx extensions`_ from their respective websites.