diff --git a/scripts/create_documentation_pr.sh b/scripts/create_documentation_pr.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..9ca9e2fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/create_documentation_pr.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Unless explicitly stated otherwise all files in this repository are licensed
+# under the Apache License Version 2.0.
+# This product includes software developed at Datadog (https://www.datadoghq.com/).
+# Copyright 2019 Datadog, Inc.
+
+# This script automatically opens a PR to the Documentation repo for lambda layer deploys
+
+GREEN="\033[0;32m"
+NC="\033[0;0m"
+DOCUMENTATION_REPO_PATH=$HOME/go/src/github.com/DataDog/documentation
+DOCUMENTATION_FILE=./layouts/shortcodes/latest-lambda-layer-version.html
+
+function print_color {
+    printf "$GREEN$1$NC\n"
+}
+
+print_color "Creating a Github PR to update documentation"
+
+if [ ! -d $DOCUMENTATION_REPO_PATH ]; then
+    print_color "Documentation directory does not exist, cloning into $DOCUMENTATION_REPO_PATH"
+    git clone git@github.com:DataDog/documentation $DOCUMENTATION_REPO_PATH
+fi
+
+cd $DOCUMENTATION_REPO_PATH
+
+# Make sure they don't have any local changes
+if [ ! -z "$(git status --porcelain)" ]; then
+    print_color "Documentation directory is dirty -- please stash or save your changes and manually create the PR"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+print_color "Pulling latest changes from Github"
+git checkout master
+git pull
+
+print_color "Checking out new branch that has version changes"
+git checkout -b $USER/bump-$LAYER-version-$VERSION
+sed -i '' -e '/.*"python"/{' -e 'n;s/.*/    '"$VERSION"'/' -e '}' $DOCUMENTATION_FILE
+git add $DOCUMENTATION_FILE
+
+print_color "Creating commit -- please tap your Yubikey if prompted"
+git commit -m "Bump $LAYER layer to version $VERSION"
+git push --set-upstream origin $USER/bump-$LAYER-version-$VERSION
+dd-pr
+
+# Reset documentation repo to clean a state that's tracking master
+print_color "Resetting documentation git branch to master"
+git checkout -B master origin/master
diff --git a/scripts/publish_prod.sh b/scripts/publish_prod.sh
index 23a25fe2..4c02db3a 100755
--- a/scripts/publish_prod.sh
+++ b/scripts/publish_prod.sh
@@ -94,4 +94,5 @@ git push origin "refs/tags/v$LAYER_VERSION"
 echo
 echo "Now create a new release with the tag v${LAYER_VERSION} created"
 echo "https://github.com/DataDog/datadog-lambda-python/releases/new?tag=v$LAYER_VERSION&title=v$LAYER_VERSION"
-echo "Also, remember to update ${HOME}/go/src/github.com/datadog/documentation/layouts/shortcodes/latest-lambda-layer-version.html"
+# Open a PR to the documentation repo to automatically bump layer version
+VERSION=$LAYER_VERSION LAYER=datadog-lambda-python ./scripts/create_documentation_pr.sh
diff --git a/scripts/publish_sandbox.sh b/scripts/publish_sandbox.sh
index 4db381db..0517c65a 100755
--- a/scripts/publish_sandbox.sh
+++ b/scripts/publish_sandbox.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+
+# Usage: VERSION=5 ./scripts/publish_sandbox.sh
 set -e
 
 ./scripts/build_layers.sh
 aws-vault exec sandbox-account-admin -- ./scripts/sign_layers.sh sandbox
-aws-vault exec sandbox-account-admin -- ./scripts/publish_layers.sh
\ No newline at end of file
+aws-vault exec sandbox-account-admin -- ./scripts/publish_layers.sh
+
+# Automatically create PR against github.com/DataDog/documentation
+# If you'd like to test, please uncomment the below line
+# VERSION=$VERSION LAYER=datadog-lambda-python ./scripts/create_documentation_pr.sh