diff --git a/docs/03-flux.md b/docs/03-flux.md
index 98fd232..b260ebd 100644
--- a/docs/03-flux.md
+++ b/docs/03-flux.md
@@ -217,7 +217,8 @@ A **Helm chart** is a packaged bundle of Kubernetes YAML templates plus a
 `Deployment`/`Service`/etc. objects you'd otherwise hand-write, just
 parameterized and versioned. Used directly (outside this project, with
 nothing GitOps involved), that's a two-step, one-shot, imperative
-process:
+process — for comparison only, **don't actually run this** (it's not
+needed, and `helm` isn't even installed anywhere in this project):
 
 ```sh
 helm repo add podinfo https://stefanprodan.github.io/podinfo   # register the chart index