Improve DevOps documentation section and formatting (#1988)

docs/reference-guide/cookieplone-make-commands.md

@@ -11,16 +11,7 @@ myst:
 
 This reference guide describes the function and purpose of all the `make` commands found in a {term}`Cookieplone` project.
 It's organized according to its components.
--   Frontend
--   Backend
--   Documentation
--   Environment
--   Quality assurance (QA)
--   Internationalization (i18n)
--   Testing
--   Container images
--   Local stack
--   Acceptance
+
 
 ## Frontend
 
@@ -165,12 +156,12 @@ You can run the following make targets by using the command structure of `make <
 
 ## Devops
 
-Cookieplone projects can optionally include a `devops` folder when deployment-related options are selected during project generation, such as:
-
-- **Add Ansible playbooks?**
-- **Add GitHub Action to Deploy this project?**
+Cookieplone projects include a `devops` folder when deployment-related questions are answered "Yes" during project generation.
+These questions include the following.
+-   Add Ansible playbooks?
+-   Add GitHub Action to Deploy this project?
 
-When these options are enabled, Cookieplone generates a `devops/Makefile` containing deployment and CI/CD helper commands.
+When any of these options are selected, Cookieplone generates a {file}`devops/Makefile` file containing deployment and CI/CD helper commands.
 
 You can view the available DevOps commands in your generated project by running:
 
@@ -202,21 +193,20 @@ format                 Format DevOps files (YAML, JSON, etc.)
 clean                  Clean temporary deployment artifacts
 help                   Show this help
 ```
-These commands support tasks such as:
+These commands support devops tasks, such as:
+-   provisioning via Ansible
+-   deploying through GitHub Actions or GitLab CI
+-   editing and viewing encrypted secrets
+-   linting devops configuration
+-   rolling back deployments
 
-- provisioning via **Ansible**
-- deploying through **GitHub Actions** or **GitLab CI**
-- editing and viewing **encrypted secrets**
-- linting DevOps configuration
-- rolling back deployments
 
-## Additional Documentation
+## Additional documentation
 
-The `devops` folder also includes README files generated by Cookieplone, which contain deployment instructions tailored to your setup:
+The {file}`devops` folder also includes {file}`README*.md` files generated by Cookieplone, which contain deployment instructions tailored to your setup:
 
-- {file}`devops/README.md`
-- {file}`devops/README-GHA.md` (GitHub Actions deployment)
-- {file}`devops/README-GITLAB.md` (GitLab deployment)
+-   {file}`devops/README.md`
+-   {file}`devops/README-GHA.md` for GitHub Actions deployment
+-   {file}`devops/README-GITLAB.md` for GitLab deployment
 
-These documents provide hands-on details such as provisioning steps, CI configuration, and environment requirements.  
-This reference section avoids duplicating that information and instead links to those files.
+These documents provide details, such as provisioning steps, CI configuration, and environment requirements, and are the authoritative source of documentation for devops.