diff --git a/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 84d0aab..19b2bf4 100644
--- a/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -28,8 +28,13 @@ services:
         YAML_TEMPLATE: "config/oxford.yaml"
     command: "yarn dev"
     volumes:
+      - ./.material:/app/.material
+      - ./config:/app/config
       - ./components:/app/components
+      - ./lib:/app/lib
       - ./pages:/app/pages
+      - ./public:/app/public
+      - ./styles:/app/styles
     ports:
       - "3000:3000"
     links: 
diff --git a/docs/development/docker.md b/docs/development/docker.md
index 4a7d017..223985d 100644
--- a/docs/development/docker.md
+++ b/docs/development/docker.md
@@ -40,3 +40,18 @@ value (under `services.gutenberg.build.args`) to a different config yaml file or
 changing `MATERIAL_METHOD` to `"copy"` to copy a locally checked out folder into
 the container at build-time instead of pulling fresh - for more details on how
 to pull material to edit locally follow the below section.
+
+## Local development with Docker
+
+`docker-compose.dev.yaml` configures a local development environment in Docker,
+including Node and Yarn. It runs the app in development mode, so that you can make
+changes to the code and see them on http://localhost:3000.
+
+```sh
+# build the development image
+docker compose -f docker-compose.dev.yaml build
+# run the Next.js app on http://localhost:3000 in development mode
+docker compose -f docker-compose.dev.yaml up
+# shut down the app and database when you're finished
+docker compose -f docker-compose.dev.yaml down
+```