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@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ edit/create content, and preview your changes locally before creating the MR/PR.
 
 ### Setup your environment
 
-#### Clone the repo and create a new branch
+#### Clone the repo (including submodules) and create a new branch
 
-Clone the repo somewhere convenient.  Run `git checkout -b <mybranch>` to create a new
-branch for your changes.
+Clone the repo somewhere convenient.  The DocDock theme is provided via a git submodule,
+so after cloning, run `git submodule update --init --recursive` in the root of the repo.
+Run `git checkout -b <mybranch>` to create a new branch for your changes.
 
 #### Download and install Hugo
 **Note: The DocDock template currently has errors with the recently released Hugo v0.50.  Use v0.49.2 instead until there is a fix.**
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ Once that is done, run the command:
 ```
 hugo server -b http://<instance IP> --bind <instance IP>
 ```
-where <instance IP> is the 10.71.x.x address of your instance.
+where *\<instance IP\>* is the 10.71.x.x address of your instance.
 
 You should now be able to preview the website by going to `http://<instance IP>:1313` in your web
 browser.