diff --git a/src/rustc-driver-interacting-with-the-ast.md b/src/rustc-driver-interacting-with-the-ast.md
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@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 
 ## Getting the type of an expression
 
+NOTE: For the example to compile, you will need to first run the following:
+
+    rustup component add rustc-dev
+
 To get the type of an expression, use the `global_ctxt` to get a `TyCtxt`:
 
 ```rust