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@@ -307,7 +307,15 @@ This script is run as a git precommit hook (installed by husky after npm install
 
 ### [`preview-openapi-changes`](preview-openapi-changes)
 
+This script stitches and unstitches the `github/github` OpenAPI description via `rest-api-operations` to produce a local preview in docs-internal.  
 
+`github`, `rest-api-operations`, and `docs-internal` must share a parent directory locally.  
+
+You must bootstrap `github` for this script to work. To check if you need to bootstrap, check if the `bin` directory in `github` exists locally. If it does not exist, run `./script/bootstrap` from the `github` directory.  
+
+To stitch the repos together and do an npm build, pass the `stitch` argument.  
+
+To unstitch the repos and revert them to their pre-stitched state, pass the `unstitch` argument.  
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/script/preview-openapi-changes b/script/preview-openapi-changes
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@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Stitches and unstitches the github/github OpenAPI description via rest-api-operations to produce a local preview in docs-internal. This script should be placed in the directory that contains all three repos.
+# Stitches and unstitches the github/github OpenAPI description via rest-api-operations to produce a local preview in docs-internal.
+# `github`, `rest-api-operations`, and `docs-internal` must share a parent directory locally.  
+# You must bootstrap `github` for this script to work. To check if you need to bootstrap, check if the `bin` directory in `github` exists. If it does not exist, run `./script/bootstrap` from the `github` directory.  
 
 # Options:
 # stitch: stitches the repos together and does the npm builds