diff --git a/doc/developer_guide.md b/doc/developer_guide.md
index 653cbd892..2c68d3c1f 100644
--- a/doc/developer_guide.md
+++ b/doc/developer_guide.md
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ If you have any problems with the steps here, please reach out in the `dev` chan
 0. Open an [issue on Github](https://github.com/holoviz/hvplot/issues) if needed
 1. Fork and clone [hvPlot's Github repository](https://github.com/holoviz/hvplot)
 2. Install [`pixi`](https://pixi.sh)
-3. Run `pixi run install-dev` to create your development environment
+3. Run `pixi run setup-dev` to create your development environment
 4. Make some changes and run:
   - `pixi run test-unit` if you updated the source code to run the unit tests
   - `pixi run test-example` if you updated the notebooks to run them
-  - `pixi run docs-build-dev` if you need to build the website locally
+  - `pixi run docs-build` if you need to build the website locally
 5. Open a Pull Request
 
 ## Preliminaries
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ This `hvplot` directory is the _source checkout_ for the remainder of this docum
 To start developing, run the following command, this will create an environment called `default` (in `.pixi/envs`), install hvPlot in [editable mode](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/topics/local-project-installs/#editable-installs), download test datasets, and install `pre-commit`:
 
 ```bash
-pixi run install-dev
+pixi run setup-dev
 ```
 
 :::{admonition} Note
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ pixi run sync-git-tags
 
 The `default` environment is meant to provide all the tools needed to develop hvPlot.
 
-This environment is created by running `pixi run install-dev`. Run `pixi shell` to activate it; this is equivalent to `source venv/bin/activate` in a Python virtual environment or `conda activate` in a conda environment.
+This environment is created by running `pixi run setup-dev`. Run `pixi shell` to activate it; this is equivalent to `source venv/bin/activate` in a Python virtual environment or `conda activate` in a conda environment.
 
 If you need to run a command directly instead of via `pixi`, activate the environment and run the command (e.g. `pixi shell` and `pytest hvplot/tests/<somefile.py>`).
 
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ You can launch Jupyter lab with the `default` environment with `pixi run lab`. T
 
 ## Linting
 
-hvPlot uses [`pre-commit`](https://pre-commit.com/) to lint and format the source code. `pre-commit` is installed automatically when running `pixi run install-dev`; it can also be installed with `pixi run lint-install`.
+hvPlot uses [`pre-commit`](https://pre-commit.com/) to lint and format the source code. `pre-commit` is installed automatically when running `pixi run setup-dev`; it can also be installed with `pixi run lint-install`.
 `pre-commit` runs all the linters when a commit is made locally. Linting can be forced to run for all the files with:
 
 ```bash
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ pixi run test-example
 The documentation can be built with the command:
 
 ```bash
-pixi run docs-build-dev
+pixi run docs-build
 ```
 
 As hvPlot uses notebooks for much of the documentation, this takes a little while. You can disable building the gallery by setting the environment variable `HVPLOT_REFERENCE_GALLERY` to `false`.
diff --git a/pixi.toml b/pixi.toml
index 1bac8c91c..8ecadfffc 100644
--- a/pixi.toml
+++ b/pixi.toml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ param = ">=1.12.0,<3.0"
 [feature.required.tasks]
 download-data = 'python scripts/download_data.py'
 install = 'python -m pip install --no-deps --disable-pip-version-check -e .'
-install-dev = { cmd = "pre-commit install", depends-on = ["install", "download-data"] }
+setup-dev = { depends-on = ["install", "download-data", "lint-install"] }
 sync-git-tags = 'python scripts/sync_git_tags.py hvplot'
 
 [feature.required.activation.env]
@@ -232,10 +232,11 @@ MPLBACKEND = "Agg"
 DISPLAY = ":99.0"
 
 [feature.doc.tasks]
-docs-build = 'sphinx-build -b html doc builtdocs'
-# docs-build-dev = { cmd = "pre-commit install", depends-on = ["install", "docs-build"] }
+docs-build-sphinx = 'sphinx-build -b html doc builtdocs'
 _docs-install = 'python -m pip install --no-deps --disable-pip-version-check -e .'
-docs-build-dev = { depends-on = ["_docs-install", "docs-build"] }
+# Depends on _docs-install instead of install as install
+# in the default environment
+docs-build = { depends-on = ["_docs-install", "docs-build-sphinx"] }
 
 
 # ================== BUILD ====================