diff --git a/build/documentation/.gitignore b/build/documentation/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea87efb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/documentation/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+# file created during build_docs 
+# = tidy5 -h > tidy5.cmd.txt
+examples/tidy5.cmd.txt
+
+# The license file needs to copies to examples for \include
+examples/LICENSE.md
+
+
+
diff --git a/build/documentation/build_docs.sh b/build/documentation/build_docs.sh
index 9c96961..808615b 100755
--- a/build/documentation/build_docs.sh
+++ b/build/documentation/build_docs.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # documentation. Relative path is okay. You shouldn't have to change this
 # too often if your compiler always puts tidy in the same place.
 
-TIDY_PATH="./tidy5"         # Current directory.
+TIDY_PATH="../cmake/tidy5"         # Current directory.
 
 TIDY_VERSION=`cat ../../version.txt`
 
@@ -108,7 +108,10 @@ if [ "$BUILD_API" -eq 1 ]; then
   echo "The following is doxygen's stderr output. It doesn't indicate errors with this script:\n"
   
   # echo the output of tidy5 --help so we can include
-  $TIDY_PATH -h > "./tidy5.cmd.txt"
+  $TIDY_PATH -h > "./examples/tidy5.cmd.txt"
+  
+  ## copy license file to examples for includsing
+  cp ../../LICENSE.md ./examples/
   
   ## this lot 
   # - echos and catches outputs the doxygen config
diff --git a/build/documentation/tidy_docs.dox b/build/documentation/tidy_docs.dox
index cd94cd0..69f107e 100644
--- a/build/documentation/tidy_docs.dox
+++ b/build/documentation/tidy_docs.dox
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 - \ref tidylib
 - \ref building_tidy
 - \ref history
-    
+- \ref license    
     
     
     
@@ -162,4 +162,11 @@ being developed and prepped for a new, stable, and modern release.</p>
 <p>HTACG is also working diligently with the SourceForge maintainers in an effort
 to harmonize <strong>HTML Tidy</strong> into a single, stable, solid release once again.</p>
 
+
+\page license License
+
+<pre>
+\htmlinclude LICENSE.md
+</pre>
+
 */
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