diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 97c5e9515c..5e6ff3683e 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -267,12 +267,12 @@ such as when you build the documentation locally.
 
 ### 4. Ready to build!
 
-Using the terminal (command line) please enter `uv run mkdocs serve`.
+Using the terminal (command line) please enter `uv run mkdocs serve`. Alternatively, if you would like to use `make`, run `make serve` which will ensure the node and `uv` environments are present and trigger the `mkdocs` build.
 This will allow you to see a local version of the specification.
 The local address will be `http://127.0.0.1:8000`.
 You may enter that into your browser and this will bring up the specification!
 
-(If you are not using `uv`, activate your environment and then run `mkdocs serve`.)
+(If you are not using `uv` or `make`, activate your environment and then run `mkdocs serve`.)
 
 ## Fixing Markdown style errors
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index be53f1e8bd..3aec331867 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 .PHONY:  tools/contributors.tsv
+
+.PHONY: all serve install update_contributors formatschema
+
 all:
+	@echo "Nothing is done by default. Consider following targets:"
+	@echo "  install -- prep environment"
+	@echo "  serve   -- prep environment and build and serve docs"
+	@echo "  formatschema -- format and commit(!) schema"
+
+serve: install
+	uv run mkdocs serve
 
 install: .venv node_modules