diff --git a/src/pages/getting-started/installation.mdx b/src/pages/getting-started/installation.mdx
index 67bd2d5f5..7bf7bf77d 100644
--- a/src/pages/getting-started/installation.mdx
+++ b/src/pages/getting-started/installation.mdx
@@ -12,10 +12,16 @@ Nitric relies on functionality from the following projects to help retrieve plug
Please follow these links to the official installation steps for each.
- [Git](https://git-scm.com/)
-- [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/) _(deployments only)_
-- [Docker Buildx](https://github.com/docker/buildx/) _(deployments only)_
+- [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/)
+- [Docker Buildx](https://github.com/docker/buildx/)
- [Pulumi](https://www.pulumi.com/docs/cli/) _(for deployments, only needed if using the default providers)_
+
+ When setting up docker on Linux be sure to follow the [post-installation
+ steps](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/linux-postinstall/) so you can
+ run docker as a non-root user.
+
+
## Installing the Nitric CLI
diff --git a/src/pages/reference/cli/installation.mdx b/src/pages/reference/cli/installation.mdx
index 3b0ecb0ed..b571efe42 100644
--- a/src/pages/reference/cli/installation.mdx
+++ b/src/pages/reference/cli/installation.mdx
@@ -9,10 +9,16 @@ Nitric relies on functionality from the following projects to help retrieve plug
Please follow these links to the official installation steps for each.
- [Git](https://git-scm.com/)
-- [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/) _(deployments only)_
-- [Docker Buildx](https://github.com/docker/buildx/) _(deployments only)_
+- [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/)
+- [Docker Buildx](https://github.com/docker/buildx/)
- [Pulumi](https://www.pulumi.com/docs/cli/) _(for deployments, only needed if using the default providers)_
+
+ When setting up docker on Linux be sure to follow the [post-installation
+ steps](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/linux-postinstall/) so you can
+ run docker as a non-root user.
+
+
## Installing the Nitric CLI