diff --git a/docs/build-cli-usage.sh b/docs/build-cli-usage.sh
index dc767c638c..ce5f582fa3 100755
--- a/docs/build-cli-usage.sh
+++ b/docs/build-cli-usage.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,29 @@ set -e
 
 cd "$(dirname "$0")"
 
+# shellcheck source=ci/env.sh
+source ../ci/env.sh
+
+# Get current channel
+eval "$(../ci/channel-info.sh)"
+
+# set the output file' location
+out=${1:-src/cli/usage.md}
+
+# load the usage file's header
+cat src/cli/.usage.md.header > "$out"
+
+# Skip generating the usage doc for non deployment commits of the docs
+if [[ -n $CI ]]; then
+  if [[ $CI_BRANCH != $EDGE_CHANNEL* ]] && [[ $CI_BRANCH != $BETA_CHANNEL* ]] && [[ $CI_BRANCH != $STABLE_CHANNEL* ]]; then
+    echo "**NOTE:** The usage doc is only auto-generated during full production deployments of the docs"
+    echo "**NOTE:** This usage doc is auto-generated during deployments" >> "$out"
+    exit
+  fi
+fi
+
+echo 'Building the solana cli from source...'
+
 # shellcheck source=ci/rust-version.sh
 source ../ci/rust-version.sh stable
 
@@ -13,10 +36,6 @@ cargo build -p solana-cli
 
 usage=$(cargo -q run -p solana-cli -- -C ~/.foo --help | sed -e 's|'"$HOME"'|~|g' -e 's/[[:space:]]\+$//')
 
-out=${1:-src/cli/usage.md}
-
-cat src/cli/.usage.md.header > "$out"
-
 section() {
   declare mark=${2:-"###"}
   declare section=$1