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@@ -91,9 +91,8 @@ To start the server at `localhost:3000`, simply run the following command:
 Please make sure to update the autogenerated client code used by the UI when adding new rest APIs.
 
 To regenerate the code, please execute the following steps:
-- Run local gitness instance with latest changes
-- Get latest OpenAPI specs from `http://localhost:3000/openapi.yaml` and store it in `web/src/services/code/swagger.yaml`
-- navigate into the `web` folder and run `yarn services`
+- Regenerate swagger with latest gitness binary `./gitness swagger > web/src/services/code/swagger.yaml`
+- navigate to the `web` folder and run `yarn services`
 
 The latest API changes should now be reflected in `web/src/services/code/index.tsx`