diff --git a/README b/README
index 7bae35df360..73288568b52 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ is downloadable in HTML, PDF, and reStructuredText formats; the latter version
 is primarily for documentation authors, translators, and people with special
 formatting requirements.
 
+If you would like to contribute to the development of Python, relevant
+documentation is available at:
+
+    http://docs.python.org/devguide/
+
+For information about building Python's documentation, refer to Doc/README.txt.
+
 
 Converting From Python 2.x to 3.x
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