diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a37695cce..ff67dfc65 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           CORSO_USE_DOCKER: -1 # prevent using docker inside makefile
         run: |
-          cd docs && make -o genclidocs check
+          cd docs && make -o genclidocs localcheck
 
   # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   # --- Integration and Unit Testing -------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index a7db35d63..c57de2bd7 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -8,16 +8,12 @@ CORSO_REPO := /go/src/github.com/alcionai/corso
 CORSO_LOCAL_PATH := $(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
 CORSO_VERSION := $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 DOCSC := docker run --rm -it -p 3000:3000 -v ${PWD}:/usr/src/docs --env CORSO_VERSION=${CORSO_VERSION} corso/docs
-GOC :=  docker run --rm -it \
+CBASE :=  docker run --rm -it \
 		-v ${CORSO_LOCAL_PATH}:${CORSO_REPO} -v ${CORSO_BUILD_DIR}:${CORSO_BUILD_DIR} \
 		--env GOCACHE=${CORSO_BUILD_CACHE} --env GOMODCACHE=${CORSO_BUILD_MOD} --env GOTMPDIR=${CORSO_BUILD_DIR} \
-		--workdir ${CORSO_REPO}/src \
-		golang:1.18
-GOBASHC :=  docker run --rm -it \
-		-v ${CORSO_LOCAL_PATH}:${CORSO_REPO} -v ${CORSO_BUILD_DIR}:${CORSO_BUILD_DIR} \
-		--env GOCACHE=${CORSO_BUILD_CACHE} --env GOMODCACHE=${CORSO_BUILD_MOD} --env GOTMPDIR=${CORSO_BUILD_DIR} \
-		--workdir ${CORSO_REPO}/src --entrypoint bash \
-		golang:1.18
+		--workdir ${CORSO_REPO}/src
+GOC :=  ${CBASE} golang:1.18
+GOBASHC :=  ${CBASE} --entrypoint bash golang:1.18
 MDGEN_SRC := ${CORSO_REPO}/src/cmd/mdgen/mdgen.go
 MDGEN_BINARY := ${CORSO_BUILD_BIN}/mdgen
 CLI_DOCS := ${CORSO_REPO}/docs/docs/cli
@@ -31,13 +27,13 @@ dev: genclidocs
 VALE_TARGET ?= docs README.md
 
 check: genclidocs
-	vale $(VALE_TARGET)
-	markdownlint '**/*.md' --ignore styles/ --ignore src/ --ignore node_modules/
-
-dockercheck: genclidocs
 	$(DOCSC) vale $(VALE_TARGET)
 	$(DOCSC) markdownlint '**/*.md' --ignore styles/ --ignore src/ --ignore node_modules/
 
+localcheck: genclidocs
+	vale $(VALE_TARGET)
+	markdownlint '**/*.md' --ignore styles/ --ignore src/ --ignore node_modules/
+
 dockershell:
 	$(DOCSC) bash
 
diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index 9ec70aacd..916d52f84 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ This command generates static content into the `build` directory for integration
 
 ```bash
 # Lint all docs
-make dockercheck
+make check
 # Lint specific files and/or folders
-make dockercheck VALE_TARGET="README.md docs/concepts"
+make check VALE_TARGET="README.md docs/concepts"
 ```
 
 This command will lint all Markdown files and check them for style issues using the Docker container