diff --git a/README b/README
index df76bda..c8b5a61 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -26,25 +26,23 @@ On Fedora:
  sudo dnf -y install bison flex texinfo gettext ncurses-devel unzip \
      sshpass quilt qt-devel qemu-kvm gcc-c++ make glibc-devel.i686
 
-== Building the image ==
+== Building the images ==
 
-To make buildroot compile the system run:
+To build both images run:
 
  ./run-buildroot.sh
 
-After buildroot succeeds, create the qcow2 file:
-
- ./make-bootable-disk.sh client
-
-== Cleaning ==
-
-To do a simple clean after changing some config options:
-
- cd buildroot
- make O=../output-client clean
+== Cleaning up ==
 
 To nuke everything and start over:
 
  rm -rf buildroot output* overlay*
  sudo rm *.qcow2
 
+== Detailed Docs ==
+
+More detailed docs are available:
+
+* doc/building.txt - individual build steps
+* doc/configuring.txt - how to change the config
+* doc/testing.txt - how to test the images
diff --git a/doc/building.txt b/doc/building.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b570f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/building.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+
+== Initial setup ==
+
+There are several one time steps that need to be done after cloning a
+new repo. These are all handled by running:
+
+ ./init-buildroot.sh
+
+== Building ==
+
+It's best to look at what run-buildroot.sh does, but the basic flow
+for building an image is:
+
+Create the overlay (for the client image):
+
+ mkdir overlay-client
+ cp -a common-files/* overlay-client
+
+Copy the defconfig and create an output directory (for the client
+image, for example):
+
+ cp conf/buildroot-client.config buildroot/configs/manila_client_defconfig
+ ( cd buildroot ; make O=../output-client manila_client_defconfig )
+ rm buildroot/configs/manila_client_defconfig
+
+Then invoke make in the appropriate directory:
+
+ ( cd buildroot ; make O=../output-client all )
+
+== Creating the qcow2 image ==
+
+After buildroot succeeds, create the qcow2 file (for the client image,
+for example):
+
+ ./make-bootable-disk.sh client
+
+== Cleaning ==
+
+To do a simple clean after changing some config options (for the client
+image, for example):
+
+ cd buildroot
+ make O=../output-client clean
diff --git a/init-buildroot.sh b/init-buildroot.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3590106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/init-buildroot.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright 2016 (C) NetApp, Inc.
+# Author: Ben Swartzlander <ben@swartzlander.org>
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+
+VERSION=2016.02
+FILENAME=buildroot-${VERSION}.tar.bz2
+
+# Download buildroot if we don't have it already
+if [ ! -f download/$FILENAME ]
+then
+	wget -P download http://buildroot.org/downloads/$FILENAME
+fi
+
+# Untar buildroot if it's not already there
+if [ ! -d buildroot ]
+then
+	mkdir buildroot
+	tar -C buildroot -xf download/$FILENAME --strip 1
+fi
+
+# Apply patches to buildroot if we haven't done so before
+PATCH_FLAG_FILE=buildroot/.manila-patches-applied
+if [ ! -f $PATCH_FLAG_FILE ]
+then
+	( cd buildroot ; QUILT_PATCHES=../patches quilt push -a )
+	touch $PATCH_FLAG_FILE
+fi
diff --git a/run-buildroot.sh b/run-buildroot.sh
index fadff7b..d9bc619 100755
--- a/run-buildroot.sh
+++ b/run-buildroot.sh
@@ -7,30 +7,7 @@
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
 # published by the Free Software Foundation.
 
-
-VERSION=2016.02
-FILENAME=buildroot-${VERSION}.tar.bz2
-
-# Download buildroot if we don't have it already
-if [ ! -f download/$FILENAME ]
-then
-	wget -P download http://buildroot.org/downloads/$FILENAME
-fi
-
-# Untar buildroot if it's not already there
-if [ ! -d buildroot ]
-then
-	mkdir buildroot
-	tar -C buildroot -xf download/$FILENAME --strip 1
-fi
-
-# Apply patches to buildroot if we haven't done so before
-PATCH_FLAG_FILE=buildroot/.manila-patches-applied
-if [ ! -f $PATCH_FLAG_FILE ]
-then
-	( cd buildroot ; QUILT_PATCHES=../patches quilt push -a )
-	touch $PATCH_FLAG_FILE
-fi
+./init-buildroot.sh
 
 # Create the filesystem overlays
 if [ ! -d overlay-client ]