Documents Folder is no longer on my dock.

Greetings,
My Documents folder left my dock. How can I get it back on to my dock.
Thanks in advance for your help and support.
Leigh

Go to your Documents folder i*n Finder* Machintosh HD/Users/yourname/Documents, *not in the Sidebar.* From there drag the actual Documents folder to your Dock.
-mj

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e

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