diff --git a/docs/src/cli/version.md b/docs/src/cli/version.md
index ab699d2a..c2d526a7 100644
--- a/docs/src/cli/version.md
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@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ To print the current version without bumping it, use:
 tree-sitter version
 ```
 
+Note that some of the binding updates require access to external tooling:
+
+* Updating Cargo.toml and Cargo.lock bindings requires that `cargo` is installed.
+* Updating package-lock.json requires that `npm` is installed.
+
 ## Options
 
 ### `-p/--grammar-path <PATH>`