diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 4982769f..bc115bfc 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This repository contains the source files for the OpenStack High Availability
Guide.
You can read this guide at `docs.openstack.org/ha-guide
-https://docs.openstack.org/ha-guide/>`_.
+`_.
Prerequisites
-------------
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ with it preinstalled, but you can review the `installation instructions
do not have it by default.
Once git is installed, you can follow the instructions for your platform to
-`install git-review `_.
+`install git-review `_.
The last step is to configure git with your name and email address used for
your Gerrit account set up so it can link you patch to your user. Run the
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ following to set these values:
Submitting Updates
------------------
+
Proposing updates to the documentation is fairly straight forward once you've
done it, but there are a few steps that can appear intimidating your first
couple times through. Here is a suggested workflow to help you along the way.
@@ -63,13 +64,14 @@ to the docs.openstack.org site.
Local Testing
-------------
+
If you would like to build the docs locally to make sure there are no issues
with the changes, and to view locally generated HTML files, you will need to do
a couple extra steps.
The jobs are run using a tool called `tox`. You will need to install tox on
your platform first following its `installation guide
-`_.
+`_.
You can then run the following to perform a local build with some tests:
diff --git a/doc/requirements.txt b/doc/requirements.txt
index c22e0dfb..81b275e3 100644
--- a/doc/requirements.txt
+++ b/doc/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
# The order of packages is significant, because pip processes them in the order
# of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
# process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
-openstackdocstheme>=2.1.1 # Apache-2.0
-doc8>=0.6.0 # Apache-2.0
-sphinx>=2.0.0,!=2.1.0 # BSD
+openstackdocstheme>=3.5.0 # Apache-2.0
+sphinx>=8.1.3 # BSD
+doc8>=1.1.2 # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 2aeb5444..32983925 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
[tox]
-minversion = 2.0
+minversion = 4.4
skipsdist = True
envlist = docs
-[testenv]
-basepython = python3
-setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
-
[testenv:docs]
deps =
-r{toxinidir}/doc/requirements.txt