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@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Development started on [2015 July 15th](https://github.com/consul/consul/commit/
 
 **NOTE**: For more detailed instructions check the [docs](https://github.com/consul/docs/tree/master/en/getting_started/prerequisites)
 
-Prerequisites: install git, Ruby 2.3.2, `bundler` gem, and PostgreSQL (>=9.4).
+Prerequisites: install git, Ruby 2.3.2, `bundler` gem, Node.js and PostgreSQL (>=9.4).
 
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/consul/consul.git