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@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ GHC 8.6.5 is not supported here because `nixpkgs-unstable` no longer maintains t
 The tests make use of the [Tasty](https://github.com/feuerbach/tasty) test framework.
 
 There are two test suites in the main haskell-language-server package, functional tests, and wrapper tests.
+Some of the wrapper tests expect `stack` to be present on the system, or else they fail.
 Other project packages, like the core library or plugins, can have their own test suite.
 
 ### Testing with Cabal