Update make docs procedure (#3915)

Co-authored-by: grafanabot <[email protected]>

Author: github-actions[bot]

docs/docs.mk

@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ update: ## Fetch the latest version of this Makefile and the `make-docs` script
 .PHONY: topic/%
 topic/%: ## Create a topic from the Writers' Toolkit template. Specify the topic type as the target, for example, `make topic/task TOPIC_PATH=sources/my-new-topic.md`.
 topic/%:
-	$(if $(TOPIC_PATH),,$(error "You must set the TOPIC_PATH variable to the path where the $(@) topic will be created.
-	For example: make $(@) TOPIC_PATH=sources/my-new-topic.md"))
+	$(if $(TOPIC_PATH),,$(error "You must set the TOPIC_PATH variable to the path where the $(@F) topic will be created. For example: make $(@) TOPIC_PATH=sources/my-new-topic.md"))
 	mkdir -p $(dir $(TOPIC_PATH))
 	curl -s -o $(TOPIC_PATH) https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grafana/writers-toolkit/refs/heads/main/docs/static/templates/$(@F)-template.md

docs/make-docs

@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@
 # [Semantic versioning](https://semver.org/) is used to help the reader identify the significance of changes.
 # Changes are relevant to this script and the support docs.mk GNU Make interface.
 #
+# ## 8.5.0 (2025-02-13)
+#
+# ### Added
+#
+# - make topic/<KIND> TOPIC_PATH=<PATH> target to create a new topic from the Writers' Toolkit templates.
+#
 # ## 8.4.0 (2025-01-27)
 #
 # ### Fixed