diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/index.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/index.xml
index 2784dee..5436662 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/index.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/index.xml
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ and includes:
 <li>This release is includes just the 1.0 XmlResolver component, by request from coccoon-dev and others.
 It is released for users who just want to use the Resolver and don't need the rest
 of xml-commons.  Pending discussion on commons-dev, we believe that future xml-commons
-releases will be separated out in this manner (external/resolver/which/etc). </li>
+releases will be separated out in this manner (external, resolver, which etc). </li>
 </ul>
 
 <p>The xml-commons-1.0.b2 release 06-Feb-02 is available in our
@@ -224,6 +224,25 @@ SAX 2R2pre3 or later</li>
 </ul>
     </section>
 
+    <anchor id="build"/>
+    <section>
+      <title>Building from local sources</title>
+<p>
+If you have done <code>'cvs checkout xml-commons'</code> then you have local
+sources of all components and all documentation sources. There is a high-level
+build file that will also call the other sub-build files for each component.
+Just do <code>'ant -projecthelp'</code> to get started.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+The documentation for the xml-commons project is built using Apache Forrest.
+If you have Forrest installed then just type <code>'forrest'</code> in the
+top-level xml-commons directory. Otherwise see the
+<link href="http://xml.apache.org/commons/">Apache XML Commons</link> website
+documentation.
+</p>
+    </section>
+
     <anchor id="mailing"/>
     <section>
       <title>How can I find out more?</title>
@@ -232,12 +251,12 @@ SAX 2R2pre3 or later</li>
 or to general&lt;at&gt;xml.apache.org
 </p>
 <ul>
-<li>Send an email to commons-dev
-... commons-dev&lt;at&gt;xml.apache.org</li>
-<li>Subscribe to commons-dev
+<li>To subscribe to commons-dev
 ... commons-dev-subscribe&lt;at&gt;xml.apache.org</li>
-<li>Un-subscribe from commons-dev
+<li>To un-subscribe from commons-dev
 ... commons-dev-unsubscribe&lt;at&gt;xml.apache.org</li>
+<li>To send an email to commons-dev
+... commons-dev&lt;at&gt;xml.apache.org</li>
 </ul>
     </section>