diff --git a/docs/docs/contributing/guide.md b/docs/docs/contributing/guide.md
index d176b989..23ffefff 100644
--- a/docs/docs/contributing/guide.md
+++ b/docs/docs/contributing/guide.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ To submit your code:
 1. Fork the [CocoIndex repository](https://github.com/cocoindex-io/cocoindex)
 2. [Create a new branch](https://docs.github.com/en/desktop/making-changes-in-a-branch/managing-branches-in-github-desktop) on your fork
 3. Make your changes
-4. Run the pre-commit checks (automatically triggered on `git commit`)
+4. Run the pre-commit checks. It will be automatically triggered on `git commit` after you install the pre-commit hooks by `pre-commit install` (see [Setup Development Environment](setup_dev_environment.md)).
 
     :::tip
     To run them manually (same as CI):
diff --git a/docs/docs/contributing/setup_dev_environment.md b/docs/docs/contributing/setup_dev_environment.md
index 40a97708..7fa537dd 100644
--- a/docs/docs/contributing/setup_dev_environment.md
+++ b/docs/docs/contributing/setup_dev_environment.md
@@ -20,13 +20,14 @@ Follow the steps below to get CocoIndex built on the latest codebase locally - i
     ```sh
     python3 -m venv .venv
     ```
-    Activate the virtual environment, before any installing / building / running:
+
+    Activate the virtual environment, before any installing / building / running below:
 
     ```sh
     . .venv/bin/activate
     ```
 
--   Install required tools:
+-   Install required tools under the virtual environment:
     ```sh
     pip install maturin
     ```
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ Follow the steps below to get CocoIndex built on the latest codebase locally - i
     maturin develop -E all,dev
     ```
 
+    This step needs to be repeated whenever you make changes to the Rust code.
+
 -   Install and enable pre-commit hooks. This ensures all checks run automatically before each commit:
     ```sh
     pre-commit install
diff --git a/docs/sidebars.ts b/docs/sidebars.ts
index 90fa5db6..17a85ad1 100644
--- a/docs/sidebars.ts
+++ b/docs/sidebars.ts
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ const sidebars: SidebarsConfig = {
       label: 'Contributing',
       collapsed: false,
       items: [
-        'contributing/guide',
         'contributing/setup_dev_environment',
+        'contributing/guide',
         'contributing/new_built_in_target',
       ],
     },
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ const sidebars: SidebarsConfig = {
       type: 'category',
       label: 'Examples',
       collapsed: false,
-      link: {type: 'doc', id: 'examples/index'},
+      link: { type: 'doc', id: 'examples/index' },
       items: [
         {
           type: 'autogenerated',