diff --git a/doc/reference/plutus/plutus-minting-script-example.md b/doc/reference/plutus/plutus-minting-script-example.md
index f142d132ec3..80ac4adf2e6 100644
--- a/doc/reference/plutus/plutus-minting-script-example.md
+++ b/doc/reference/plutus/plutus-minting-script-example.md
@@ -34,11 +34,9 @@ This will output `anyone-can-mint.plutus` in the `generated-plutus-scripts` dir.
 
 #### Setting up a local Alonzo node cluster
 
-This convenient script will set up an Alonzo cluster immediately on your local machine:
+First follow the [install doc](../../../doc/getting-started/install.md) if you haven't. This convenient script will set up an Alonzo cluster immediately on your local machine:
 
 ```bash
-cabal install cardano-cli
-cabal install cardano-node
 ./scripts/byron-to-alonzo/mkfiles.sh alonzo
 ```