diff --git a/support/doc/tools.md b/support/doc/tools.md
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--- a/support/doc/tools.md
+++ b/support/doc/tools.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 You need at least 512MB RAM to run the script.
 Scripts can be launched directly from a PeerTube server, or from a separate server, even a desktop PC.
-You need to follow all the following steps even if you are on a PeerTube server (including cloning the git repository in a different directory than your production installation).
+You need to follow all the following steps even if you are on a PeerTube server (including cloning the git repository in a different directory than your production installation because the scripts utilize non-production dependencies).
 
 ### Dependencies
 
@@ -133,4 +133,4 @@ To fix this, you have to run:
 
 ```
 $ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run update-host
-```
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+```