diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index a177c19acf..fde186081c 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ Before your start make sure that your system meets the conditions:
 * Windows 7 or higher *([Windows 10](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10) is recommended)*
 * [Visual Studio 2022](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/). 2019 and earlier are not supported.
 * .NET Framework SDK at 4.6.0 or higher *(Visual Studio Installer -> .NET desktop development)*
-* Python 3.9.x 64bit or 32bit *(Visual Studio Installer -> Idividual components -> search for python)*
+* Python 3.9.x 64bit or 32bit
+  * Install option 1: https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/
+  * Install option 2: Visual Studio Installer -> Individual components -> search for 'python'
 
 ### Linux
 
@@ -42,8 +44,6 @@ and it can be tricky to get Skyrim itself to work with non-ASCII text, for examp
   * Alpine Linux doesn't work
   * Arch-based distros also [won't be able to run the server](https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/issues/6613)
 * Clang 15 *(GCC is not supported)*: `sudo apt install clang-15`
-* Python 2 (not 3.x! It is needed to build ChakraCore. Don't worry, it won't conflict with Python 3):
-  `sudo apt install python2`
 * Make sure that your NodeJS and CMake are fresh enough:
   * You can use [`nvm`](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm) or [Nodesource's apt repositories](https://github.com/nodesource/distributions) to install fresh Node
   * The simpliest way to install fresh CMake is to download a `.tar.gz` from [CMake download page](https://cmake.org/download/),
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index d288ef8088..50ea3e6659 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ export CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER="$CXX"
 export CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM="ninja"
 
 # Some build dependencies require some strange stuff.
-# For example, Chakra needs Python 2 installed with `python` name.
 # Some other deps won't work if we can't call clang without exact version.
 # It's better to make compatibility aliases than breaking main system's root.
 export SKYMP_COMPAT_BIN="$PWD/build/skymp_compat/bin"
@@ -37,13 +36,13 @@ fi
 
 if [ ! -d "$SKYMP_COMPAT_BIN" ]; then
   mkdir -pv "$SKYMP_COMPAT_BIN"
-  ln -s "`which python2`" "$SKYMP_COMPAT_BIN/python"
   ln -s "$CC" "$SKYMP_COMPAT_BIN/clang"
   ln -s "$CXX" "$SKYMP_COMPAT_BIN/clang++"
 
   echo "Set up compatibility path for build."
 fi
 
+# TODO reverse the order or use [[ ]] ?
 if [ "$1" = "--configure" ]; then
   shift && \
     cd build && \
@@ -53,12 +52,18 @@ elif [ "$1" = "--build" ]; then
     cd build && \
     exec cmake --build . "$@"
 elif [ "$1" = "--clean" ]; then
+  eecho "NOTE: --clean was deprecated, please use --clean-cpp or --clean-node"
+  eecho "Proceeding with cleaning cpp build data"
   exec rm -rf build/
+elif [ "$1" = "--clean-cpp" ]; then
+  exec rm -rf build/
+elif [ "$1" = "--clean-node" ]; then
+  echo not implemented yet, TODO delete node_modules dirs
 else
   eecho "Usage:"
   eecho "  ./build.sh --configure <cmake args...>"
   eecho "OR"
   eecho "  ./build.sh --build <cmake args...>"
   eecho "OR"
-  eecho "  ./build.sh --clean"
+  eecho "  ./build.sh --clean-<cpp|node>"
 fi
diff --git a/docs/docs_cmake_workflow.md b/docs/docs_cmake_workflow.md
index a8c69303d0..250d074f68 100644
--- a/docs/docs_cmake_workflow.md
+++ b/docs/docs_cmake_workflow.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Our build system is CMake-based. This document describes some caveats of our CMake code and guides you in making changes in CMake parts of the codebase.
 
-When you switch between commits, you should run `cmake .. ` in the `build` directory. This action is called "CMake re-generation".
+When you switch between commits, you should run `cmake ..` in the `build` directory. This action is called "CMake re-generation".
 
 Only `Visual Studio 16 2019` generator is supported on Windows.
 
diff --git a/docs/docs_deploy.md b/docs/docs_deploy.md
index af8d972551..c18108fed7 100644
--- a/docs/docs_deploy.md
+++ b/docs/docs_deploy.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 A GitHub actions job is configured for deploying server from a git branch.
 This guide shows how to set it up.
 
-## GitHub prereqeusties
+## GitHub prerequisites
 
 * You should own the repository you want to deploy from. Fork of our main repo
 [skyrim-multiplayer/skymp](https://github.com/skyrim-multiplayer/skymp) should work.
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ This guide shows how to set it up.
     to the runner when a workflow is triggered from a forked repository.
 
 
-## Server prereqeusties
+## Server prerequisites
 
 * Ubuntu 22.04 (other distros should also work, but not tested)
 * Accessible from the Internet with open ports