diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ccc15e57..a614ccff 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,92 +1,5 @@
# Project documentation module
-The documentation use [RST format](http://sphinx-doc.org/rest.html).
+Check the ["Writing documentation" guide](https://geonetwork-opensource.org/manuals/3.8.x/en/contributing/writing-documentation.html).
-**All translations should be done on Transifex web interface. No properties files should be committed to this repository.**
-## Updating the documentation
-
-If you add some new section or update the text on an existing section, you have to update the transifex fields to make sure this change is spread to all languages. To achieve this, execute:
-
-```
-make update_translations
-```
-
-## How to build the documentation
-
-### Installing the tools
-
-To build the documentation you need to have [make](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/) installed in your system:
-```
-sudo apt-get install make
-```
-
-Sphinx is required to build documentation.See http://sphinx-doc.org/latest/install.html.
-You can install it with [pip](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/):
-```
-sudo easy_install pip
-sudo pip install sphinx
-```
-
-The theme is based on [sphinx_rtd_theme](https://github.com/snide/sphinx_rtd_theme) and the sphinx_bootstrap_theme.
-You can install the style with pip too:
-```
-sudo pip install sphinx-bootstrap-theme
-sudo pip install sphinx_rtd_theme
-```
-
-The internationalization is build using [sphinx-intl](http://www.sphinx-doc.org/es/stable/intl.html):
-
-```
-sudo pip install sphinx-intl
-```
-
-To download the translations from Transifex, you will need the transifex command line client:
-https://docs.transifex.com/client/installing-the-client
-The Transifex Client is written in Python, so it runs on most systems. The easiest way to install it is with pip:
-
-```
-sudo pip install transifex-client
-```
-If you don't want to use the transifex-client, either you will have to manually download the translated files or you will only be able to build the English version of the documentation.
-
-### Configuring your local
-
-And then you need to configure your transifex user:
-https://docs.transifex.com/client/client-configuration
-~/.transifexrc stores your Transifex.com credentials. This config file is unique per user, and it's stored in your home directory.
-
-```
-[https://www.transifex.com]
-username = your_username/api
-token =
-password = p@ssw0rd/api_token
-hostname = https://www.transifex.com
-```
-### Building the documentation
-
-To build the documentation, run:
-
-```
-mvn clean install
-```
-
-This will build all documentation in English only.
-
-To build all documentation in several languages (right now: es,fr,ge,it,ko,nl,cz,ca,fi,is), based on transifex translations:
-
-```
-mvn clean install -Pall
-```
-
-If you want to get the latest translations for your build, run:
-
-```
-mvn clean install -Platest,all
-```
-
-#### Adding a new language
-
-If you want to add a new language to the build, you will have to edit the file https://github.com/geonetwork/doc/blob/develop/Makefile#L59 and add the languages you want to build the documentation for.
-
-If you want it to be publicly available on geonetwork-opensource.org webpage, make sure you make a PR with the change and ask for advice on the https://github.com/geonetwork/website project.
diff --git a/source/contributing/writing-documentation.rst b/source/contributing/writing-documentation.rst
index a5f99a10..a59f5dd8 100644
--- a/source/contributing/writing-documentation.rst
+++ b/source/contributing/writing-documentation.rst
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ for |project_name|.
.. seealso::
The quickest and easiest way to contribute to the documentation is to sign up
- for a `GitHub account `_ and edit the documentation pages by clicking the
+ for a `GitHub account `_ and edit the documentation pages by clicking the
"Edit on GitHub" link at the top of the page. (See :repo:`doc`).
@@ -21,12 +21,25 @@ Building the docs
The following tools are required to build the documentation from source:
-* **Java JDK 1.8**
+* **Java JDK 1.8**, **Python**
* **Maven 3.1.0+**: Once installed `Maven `_ should be available in your command shell as ``mvn``.
+* **make**: Once installed `make `_ should be available in your command shell as ``make``.
* **Sphinx**: See `Sphinx `_ for details. Once installed confirm it's available by running ``sphinx-build --version``.
-* **sphinx-bootstrap-theme**: Install using ``pip install sphinx-bootstrap-theme``.
-
-Then build the documentation using the following commands:
+* **sphinx-bootstrap-theme**.
+
+To install the build tools:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+ sudo apt install make
+ sudo apt install python3-pip
+ sudo pip install sphinx
+ sudo pip install sphinx-bootstrap-theme
+ sudo pip install sphinx_rtd_theme
+
+
+
+Then build the documentation in English using the following commands:
.. code-block:: shell
@@ -37,6 +50,22 @@ Then build the documentation using the following commands:
Once the documentation has built without errors, access the html files from ``doc\target\en\index.html``.
+To build all documentation in several languages (right now: es,fr,ge,it,ko,nl,cz,ca,fi,is), based on transifex translations:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+ mvn clean install -Pall
+
+
+If you want to get the latest translations for your build, run:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+ mvn clean install -Platest,all
+
+
+
+
Editing the reStructuredText files
==================================
@@ -199,3 +228,47 @@ Many sections include a list of references to module documentation or external
documents. These lists are created using the ``seealso`` directive
typically placed in a section just before any subsections.
+
+
+Translating the doc
+===================
+
+`Github doc repository `_ contains the English version of the documentation. All translations should be done on Transifex web interface. No properties files should be committed to this repository.
+
+If you add some new section or update the text on an existing section, you have to update the transifex fields to make sure this change is spread to all languages. To achieve this, execute:
+
+To download the translations from Transifex, you will need the transifex command line client:
+https://docs.transifex.com/client/installing-the-client. The Transifex Client is written in Python, so it runs on most systems. The easiest way to install it is with pip.
+
+
+To install the build tools:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+ sudo pip install sphinx-intl
+ sudo pip install transifex-client
+
+
+Once installed, you need to configure your transifex user: https://docs.transifex.com/client/client-configuration in `~/.transifexrc`. This config file is unique per user, and it is stored in your home directory.
+
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ [https://www.transifex.com]
+ username = your_username/api
+ token =
+ password = p@ssw0rd/api_token
+ hostname = https://www.transifex.com
+
+
+Update translations on transifex:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+ make update_translations
+
+
+
+If you want to add a new language to the build, you will have to edit the file https://github.com/geonetwork/doc/blob/develop/Makefile#L59 and add the languages you want to build the documentation for.
+
+If you want it to be publicly available on https://geonetwork-opensource.org webpage, make sure you make a PR with the change and ask for advice on the https://github.com/geonetwork/website project.