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-# The non-reference docs have been moved!
-
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-
-The documentation for Docker Engine has been merged into
-[the general documentation repo](https://github.com/docker/docker.github.io).
-
-See the [README](https://github.com/docker/docker.github.io/blob/master/README.md)
-for instructions on contributing to and building the documentation.
-
-If you'd like to edit the current published version of the Engine docs,
-do it in the master branch here:
-https://github.com/docker/docker.github.io/tree/master/engine
-
-If you need to document the functionality of an upcoming Engine release,
-use the `vnext-engine` branch:
-https://github.com/docker/docker.github.io/tree/vnext-engine/engine
-
-The reference docs have been left in docker/docker (this repo), which remains
-the place to edit them.
-
-The docs in the general repo are open-source and we appreciate
-your feedback and pull requests!
-
-# Generate docs
-
-```shell
-$ make -f docker.Makefile yamldocs
-```