diff --git a/tools/jsdoc/README.md b/tools/jsdoc/README.md
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--- a/tools/jsdoc/README.md
+++ b/tools/jsdoc/README.md
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ To generate html documentation for the High Fidelity JavaScript API:
 
 The out folder should contain index.html.
 
+If you get a "JavaScript heap out of memory" error when running the `jsdoc` command you need to increase the amount of memory 
+available to it. For example, to increase the memory available to 2GB on Windows:
+* `where jsdoc` to find the `jsdoc.cmd` file.
+* Edit the `jsdoc.cmd` file to add `--max-old-space-size=2048` after the `node` and/or `node.exe` commands.
+
+Reference: https://medium.com/@vuongtran/how-to-solve-process-out-of-memory-in-node-js-5f0de8f8464c
+
 To generate the grav automation files, run node gravPrep.js after you have made a JSdoc output folder.
 
 This will create files that are needed for hifi-grav and hifi-grav-content repos