diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index 35b7f16..bf222fe 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 To build docs:
 
-  - create an environment using the ``requirements.txt`` file in this directory
-  - run ``make`` in this directory
-  - find the docs is "./build/html", probably starting with file "index.html"
+  - `cd docs`
+  - create an environment using the `requirements.txt` file in this directory, e.g., `pip install -r requirements.txt`
+  - run `make html`
+  - open `build/html/index.html`
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 1d5ad92..23d479c 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
 project = 'kerchunk'
 copyright = '2021, Martin Durant'
 author = 'Martin Durant'
-version = kerchunk.__version__
+# No easy way to get the latest version based on how the github pages are built/deployed, so leave it blank or else it will be 9999
+version = ''
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------