diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
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 ## Development
 
-Check out this repo with Android Studio. It's a standard gradle project and conventional to checkout.
+Check out this repo with Android Studio. It's a standard gradle project and conventional to
+checkout.
+
+Circuit is a Kotlin Multiplatform project, so ensure you have your environment set up 
+accordingly: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/kotlin-multiplatform-dev/multiplatform-setup.html
 
 The primary project is `circuit`. The primary sample is `samples/star`.
 
 This project is written in Kotlin and should only use Kotlin.
 
-Code formatting is checked via [Spotless](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless). To run the formatter,
-use the `spotlessApply` command.
+Code formatting is checked via [Spotless](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless). To run the
+formatter, use the `spotlessApply` command.
 
 ```bash
 ./gradlew spotlessApply