diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index 220569e2..4071546f 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@ If you want to generate the HTML version of the long-form documentation on your
 pip install -r requirements.txt
 ```
 
+If you're building the *Server* docs (in `docs/server`) then you must also do:
+```bash
+pip install -e ../../
+```
+
+Note: Don't put `-e ../../` in the `requirements.txt` file. That will work locally
+but not on ReadTheDocs.
+
 You can then generate the HTML documentation _in that subdirectory_ by doing:
 ```bash
 make html
diff --git a/docs/server/requirements.txt b/docs/server/requirements.txt
index cd06eab9..45600057 100644
--- a/docs/server/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/server/requirements.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,3 @@ sphinx-rtd-theme>=0.1.9
 sphinxcontrib-napoleon>=0.4.4
 sphinxcontrib-httpdomain>=1.5.0
 pyyaml>=3.12
-bigchaindb