diff --git a/docs/installation/mac.md b/docs/installation/mac.md
index 3af0ce3f0..a2553177b 100644
--- a/docs/installation/mac.md
+++ b/docs/installation/mac.md
@@ -63,8 +63,11 @@ DEV requires Elasticsearch version 7 or higher.
 
 We recommend installing from archive on Mac. The following directions were
 [taken from the Elasticsearch docs themselves](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.5/targz.html#install-macos),
-so check those out if you run into any issues or want further information. NOTE:
-Make sure to download the OSS version, `elasticsearch-oss`.
+so check those out if you run into any issues or want further information. Make
+sure to download **the OSS version** of Elasticsearch, `elasticsearch-oss`.
+
+Please note that you will need `wget` in order to proceed with this installation
+(`brew install wget`).
 
 ```shell
 wget https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-oss-7.5.2-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz
diff --git a/docs/tests/readme.md b/docs/tests/readme.md
index 219e17352..2f2500c38 100644
--- a/docs/tests/readme.md
+++ b/docs/tests/readme.md
@@ -53,3 +53,8 @@ Travis will deploy your pull request to production after CI passes and a member
 of the DEV team has approved it.
 
 Our test suite is not perfect and sometimes a re-run is needed.
+
+Please note that you will need to have Elasticsearch installed and running for
+certain tests in our test suite. You can find instructions on how to install and
+run Elasticsearch specific your environment in the
+[Installation Guide](/installation).