diff --git a/docs/configuration-guide.md b/docs/configuration-guide.md
index 99f5e57f..a3beecae 100644
--- a/docs/configuration-guide.md
+++ b/docs/configuration-guide.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Configuration Guide
 
-This document will detail how to set up the application locally.
+This document will detail how to configure a MySQL database.
 
 ### Create a new database using Docker
 ```bash
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ docker exec -i mysql-rvf mysql -u root -p$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD -e "GRANT ALL PRIV
 
 ```
 
+### Create a new database using source
+Alternatively, follow the steps described on [this page](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/installing.html) to install and configure MySQL 8.
+
 If the MySQL database has been set up outside of Docker, the command to update the user's privileges will still need
 run:
 
diff --git a/docs/getting-started.md b/docs/getting-started.md
index 53285dab..e5fea73a 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started.md
@@ -1,30 +1,34 @@
 # Getting started
+
+This document will detail how to get started.
+
 ## Prerequisites
 - Java 17
 - Maven 3
 
-## Setup
-### Install Mysql 8.0
-RVF requires a local MySQL database to be available. 
-#### Download and install [MySQL 8.0](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/installing.html)
-#### Or use brew on macOS
-```bash
-brew install mysql@8.0
-```
+## Dependencies
+- MySQL 8.0
+- Assertions
+
+#### MySQL 8.0
+Install and configure a MySQL database [as described here](configuration-guide.md).
 
-Following [this](configuration-guide.md) to set up the database and user.
+#### Assertions
+Install and configure the snomed-release-validation-assertions repository [as described here](importing-assertions.md).
 
-### Build RVF
+## Running
+Once the prerequisites & dependencies have been configured, simply build & run the application.
 
+#### From source code
 ```bash
-mvn clean install
+mvn clean package
 ```
 
-### Import assertions 
-[Follow instructions here](importing-assertions.md).
-
-### Start RVF application
-
 ```bash
 java -Xms1024m -Xmx8g -Daws.region=us-east-1 -jar target/release-validation-framework*.jar --server.port=8081 --server.servlet.context-path=/api
+```
+
+#### From Docker
+```bash
+docker-compose up -d
 ```
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diff --git a/docs/importing-assertions.md b/docs/importing-assertions.md
index 781835af..ac9c0691 100644
--- a/docs/importing-assertions.md
+++ b/docs/importing-assertions.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# Importing Assertions
+
+This document will detail how to install & configure assertions.
+
 # Importing SNOMED Release Validation Assertions
 
 RVF assertions are in github [snomed-release-validation-assertions](https://github.com/IHTSDO/snomed-release-validation-assertions)