diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   Developers:
     - Contributing: "https://github.com/Bitcoin-ABC/bitcoin-abc/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md"
     - Code Coverage: "https://build.bitcoinabc.org/viewLog.html?buildId=lastSuccessful&buildTypeId=BitcoinABC_Master_BitcoinAbcMasterCoverage&tab=report__Root_Code_Coverage&guest=1"
-    - Code Documentation: "https://doc.bitcoinabc.org"
+    - Code Documentation: "doc/dev/"
   Blog: "https://blog.bitcoinabc.org/"
 
 supported-languages:
diff --git a/doc/dev/index.md b/doc/dev/index.md
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/dev/index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+name: dummyindex
+permalink: doc/dev/
+---
+
+This page is only a placeholder that you see for local builds of bitcoinabc.org.
+Developer documentation is built regularly outside of this repo and hosted at this permalink.
+See the production version of these docs [here](https://www.bitcoinabc.org/doc/dev/).