From cef46e571e9b5d1e12bd1da72c0da8050df8a82a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Galasyn <jim.galasyn@confluent.io>
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 20:06:42 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] docs: add section on installing plugins to README.md
 (DOCS-2970) (#3903)

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 docs-md/README.md | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs-md/README.md b/docs-md/README.md
index 7236490a39f8..d27bdcb2c42e 100644
--- a/docs-md/README.md
+++ b/docs-md/README.md
@@ -46,6 +46,27 @@ pip install mkdocs
 
 For more information, see [Installation](https://www.mkdocs.org/#installation).
 
+Install MkDocs plugins and extensions
+-------------------------------------
+
+The ksqlDB documentation build uses these plugins and extensions:
+
+- **mdx_gh_links:** shorthand links to GitHub
+- **mkdocs-macros-plugin:** variables and macros  
+- **mkdocs-git-revision-date-plugin:** page last updated in GitHub
+- **pymdown-extensions:** adds features to the standard Python Markdown library
+- **mkdocs-material:** docs site theme
+
+Install the plugins and extensions by using the `pip` installer:
+
+```bash
+pip install mdx_gh_links
+pip install mkdocs-macros-plugin
+pip install mkdocs-git-revision-date-plugin
+pip install pymdown-extensions
+pip install mkdocs-material
+```
+
 Build the docs
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