diff --git a/src/building/compiler-documenting.md b/src/building/compiler-documenting.md
index 965e004c9..4e72bf994 100644
--- a/src/building/compiler-documenting.md
+++ b/src/building/compiler-documenting.md
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ like the standard library (std) or the compiler (rustc).
   ./x.py doc compiler library
   ```
 
+  See [the nightly docs index page](https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/) for a full list of books.
+
 - Document internal rustc items
 
   Compiler documentation is not built by default.
diff --git a/src/contributing.md b/src/contributing.md
index 549c18cc4..2f49fd7b1 100644
--- a/src/contributing.md
+++ b/src/contributing.md
@@ -274,11 +274,11 @@ This section has moved to ["Using External Repositories"](./external-repos.md).
 
 Documentation improvements are very welcome. The source of `doc.rust-lang.org`
 is located in [`src/doc`] in the tree, and standard API documentation is generated
-from the source code itself (e.g. [`lib.rs`]). Documentation pull requests function
+from the source code itself (e.g. [`library/std/src/lib.rs`][std-root]). Documentation pull requests function
 in the same way as other pull requests.
 
 [`src/doc`]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/tree/master/src/doc
-[`lib.rs`]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/master/library/std/src/lib.rs#L1
+[`std-root`]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/master/library/std/src/lib.rs#L1
 
 To find documentation-related issues, sort by the [A-docs label][adocs].
 
@@ -288,12 +288,11 @@ You can find documentation style guidelines in [RFC 1574][rfc1574].
 
 [rfc1574]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/1574-more-api-documentation-conventions.md#appendix-a-full-conventions-text
 
-In many cases, you don't need a full `./x.py doc --stage 2`, which will build
-the entire stage 2 compiler and compile the various books published on
-[doc.rust-lang.org][docs]. When updating documentation for the standard library,
-first try `./x.py doc library`. If that fails, or if you need to
-see the output from the latest version of `rustdoc`, add `--stage 1`.
-Results should appear in `build/host/doc`.
+To build the standard library documentation, use `x doc --stage 0 library --open`.
+To build the documentation for a book (e.g. the unstable book), use `x doc src/doc/unstable-book.`
+Results should appear in `build/host/doc`, as well as automatically open in your default browser.
+See [Building Documentation](./building/compiler-documenting.md#building-documentation) for more
+information.
 
 [docs]: https://doc.rust-lang.org