diff --git a/examples/components/string-reverse-upper/README.md b/examples/components/string-reverse-upper/README.md
index 810b6fb97..dbf04f24d 100644
--- a/examples/components/string-reverse-upper/README.md
+++ b/examples/components/string-reverse-upper/README.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ world revup {
 
 ## Dependencies
 
-First, install required dependencies:
+First, install required project-level dependencies:
 
 ```console
 npm install
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ npm install
 > [!NOTE]
 > As this is a regular NodeJS project, you can use your package manager of choice (e.g. `yarn`, `pnpm`)
 
+Along with projet related dependencies, since this is a *compound* component (this component is composed with another),
+we'll need to install the [WebAssembly Composition tool (`wac`)][wac], which we will use later to compose components.
+
+[wac]: https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wac
+
 ## Building the WebAssembly binary (pre-composition)
 
 Then, build the component with `jco`:
@@ -97,6 +102,9 @@ The component we will be composing with our as-of-yet incomplete binary *must* s
 npm run compose
 ```
 
+> [!WARN]
+> This step is the one that uses [`wac`][wac] -- ensure it's installed!
+
 Running the command above will produce a `string-reverse-upper.wasm` file (this time, that is *complete*).
 
 After running component composition, there will be a component with all its imports satisfied, called `string-reverse-upper.composed.wasm`.