diff --git a/doc/make.py b/doc/make.py
index ed5a4cabc625e462024f5f4b8231f9acfe10372d..e849931f35272bd03e82fcc208afa9a8c9ec63f7 100644
--- a/doc/make.py
+++ b/doc/make.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+'''Documentation build on sphinx - please run from root dir by calling ost doc/make.py'''
+
 import os, sys, re
 import shutil
 from ost import settings