5.1 Using a folder outside the webroot

You're not forced to put your documentation under the /docs folder.

If you already have a folder onto your hard disk where you're saving your documentation just edit the settings.json file and update the folder variable.

You can also, without changing anything, kill the current docs folder and create a symbolic links called "docs" but pointing to an existing folder on your system where, already today, you're saving your .md files. Under WIndows, you can create symbolic links easily thanks the mklink command (f.i. mklink /D docs c:\documents) (read more on howtogeek.com)