diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 7d062173b2..5d3f176ffe 100755
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -127,11 +127,19 @@ available so you need to build that first since it's not generated by default.
 	$ ./mvnw clean install -pl spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin -Pdefault,full
 ----
 
+The documentation also includes auto-generated information about the starter poms. To
+allow this information to be collected, the starter projects must be built first:
+
+[indent=0]
+----
+	$ ./mvnw clean install -f spring-boot-starters
+----
+
 Once this is done, you can build the reference documentation with the command below:
 
 [indent=0]
 ----
-	$ ./mvnw clean install -pl spring-boot-docs -Pdefault,full
+	$ ./mvnw clean generate-resources -pl spring-boot-docs -Pdefault,full
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 TIP: The generated documentation is available from `spring-boot-docs/target/contents/reference`