diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf1528da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# ignore markdown2rfc output
+*.html
+*.xml
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f4bdab6e..819df671 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,11 +9,22 @@ The current WG-Draft version is built automatically from the main branch and can
 
 ### Building the HTML
 
+The easiest way to build the HTML is to use the [`danielfett/markdown2rfc`](https://hub.docker.com/r/danielfett/markdown2rfc) docker image. For example, to build the `1.1` version of the spec, do the following:
+
+**bash / zsh / sh**
+
 ```
 cd 1.1
 docker run -v `pwd`:/data danielfett/markdown2rfc openid-4-verifiable-presentations-1_1.md
 ```
 
+**fish**
+
+```
+cd 1.1
+docker run -v (pwd):/data danielfett/markdown2rfc openid-4-verifiable-presentations-1_1.md
+```
+
 ### Conformance tests
 
 Conformance tests are available for testing whether both Wallets and