diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -165,6 +165,13 @@ After making changes to the documentation, format the markdown files with:
 npx prettier --prose-wrap always --write "**/*.md"
 ```
 
+Note that the command above requires Node.js and npm to be installed on your system. As an
+alternative, you can run this command using Docker:
+
+```console
+$ docker run --rm -v .:/src/ -w /src/ node:alpine npx prettier --prose-wrap always --write "**/*.md"
+```
+
 ## Releases
 
 Releases can only be performed by Astral team members.