This document summarizes an ncRNA analysis pipeline called nc-aReNA. It describes how nc-aReNA can be used to classify and analyze small non-coding RNAs from deep RNA sequencing data. The pipeline performs tasks such as adapter removal, quality control checks, mapping reads to reference databases to identify known ncRNA classes, filtering of rRNA sequences, quantification of ncRNA expression, differential expression analysis, and identification of isomiRs. Two test cases demonstrating ncRNA classification and differential expression analysis using nc-aReNA on mouse datasets are also described.