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@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ Building from source
 
 If you are building from source, take note that the build depends on NuGet packages hosted on Myget, so if it is down, the build may fail. If that happens, you can always see the [Myget status page](http://status.myget.org/) for more info. 
 
+Read over the [contributing guidelines](https://github.com/dotnet/cli/tree/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) and [developer documentation](https://github.com/dotnet/cli/tree/master/Documentation) for prerequisites for building from source.
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 Questions & Comments
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