diff --git a/documentation/mkdocs_bin.py b/documentation/mkdocs_bin.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""This is a small wrapper to allow bazel to call mkdocs as a script.
+
+Because the mkdocs library handles consuming command-line arguments directly,
+we (rather than attempting to mess with arguments ourselves), use environment
+variables to communicate certain flags. Namely:
+If the OUTPUT environment variable is set, then we will tar up the output of
+the SITE_DIR directory into the OUTPUT file. This is used to make the mkdocs
+output bazel-friendly by only outputting a single file.
+"""
+from mkdocs.__main__ import cli
+import os
+import sys
+import tarfile
+try:
+    cli()
+except SystemExit as err:
+    if err.code != 0:
+        raise err
+if "OUTPUT" in os.environ:
+    with tarfile.open(os.environ["OUTPUT"], "w") as tarball:
+        tarball.add(os.environ["SITE_DIR"], arcname="")