diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index 7c8d1938e..7fa4085e6 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Makefile for Sphinx documentation
 #
+# if you want to compare this file to current sphinx defaults, recreate it:
+# BUILDDIR=build sphinx-quickstart --sep --extensions=gunicorn_ext --templatedir=_templates --makefile --batchfile --no-use-make-mode --master=index
 
 # You can set these variables from the command line.
 PYTHON        = python