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diff --git a/docs/shared/plugin-features/use-code-generators.md b/docs/shared/plugin-features/use-code-generators.md
@@ -21,6 +21,16 @@ nx generate @nx/react:component mycmp --project=myapp
 
 It is important to have a clean git working directory before invoking a generator so that you can easily revert changes and re-invoke the generator with different inputs.
 
+## Build your own Generator
+
+Nx comes with a Devkit that allows you to build your own generator for your Nx workspace. Learn more about it on [our docs page](/extending-nx/recipes/local-generators) or have a look at the video below:
+
+{% youtube
+src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/myqfGDWC2go"
+title="Scaffold new Pkgs in a PNPM Workspaces Monorepo"
+caption="Demoes how to use Nx generators in a PNPM workspace to automate the creation of libraries"
+/%}
+
 ## See Also
 
 - [nx.json generator defaults](/reference/nx-json#generators)
diff --git a/docs/shared/plugin-features/use-task-executors.md b/docs/shared/plugin-features/use-task-executors.md
@@ -170,3 +170,7 @@ For example, running e2e tests for multiple environments. By default it would ma
 
 When running `nx e2e my-app-e2e`, the _dev_ configuration will be used. In this case using the local dev server for `my-app`.
 You can always run the other configurations by explicitly providing the configuration i.e. `nx e2e my-app-e2e --configuration=qa` or `nx run my-app-e2e:e2e:qa`
+
+## Build your own Executor
+
+Nx comes with a Devkit that allows you to build your own executor to automate your Nx workspace. Learn more about it in the [docs page about creating a local executor](/extending-nx/recipes/local-executors).
diff --git a/docs/shared/recipes/generators/local-generators.md b/docs/shared/recipes/generators/local-generators.md
@@ -15,11 +15,12 @@ caption="Demoes how to use Nx generators in a PNPM workspace to automate the cre
 If you don't already have a local plugin, use Nx to generate one:
 
 ```shell
-# replace `latest` with the version that matches your Nx version
 npm install @nx/plugin@latest
 nx g @nx/plugin:plugin my-plugin
 ```
 
+Note that `latest` should match the version of the `nx` plugins installed in your workspace.
+
 Use the Nx CLI to generate the initial files needed for your generator.
 
 ```shell