# How to audit and overhaul your software documentation

DevFeed: [How to audit and overhaul your software documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-audit-and-overhaul-your-software-documentation-31024.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.mintlify.com/blog/how-to-audit-and-overhaul-your-software-documentation>)

Author: Emma Adler

Published: 2025-03-13T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Mintlify Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mintlify-blog.md>)

Topics: [Documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/documentation.md>), [audit](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/audit.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>)

Tags: [audit](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/audit.md>), [best-practices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/best-practices.md>), [documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/documentation.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>)

## AI overview

This guide presents a step-by-step approach to auditing and overhauling software documentation. It explains how to identify documentation debt, prioritize fixes by business impact, use AI tools to support maintenance, and establish processes that keep documentation current. It also describes repeated developer questions, declining engagement, and negative feedback as signs that documentation needs improvement.

## Source excerpt

One of the most common tickets when I join any new company is some variation of "Update X in the documentation." Most teams know the importance of keeping software documentation up to date, but in practice, it often falls to the bottom of their priority list.