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@@ -51,9 +51,13 @@ directly helping to improve the capabilities of Open Assistant.
 
 ### Running Locally
 
-If you are interested in taking a look at the current state of the project, you
+**You do not need to run the project locally unless you are contributing to the
+development process. The website link above will take you to the public website
+where you can use the data collection app.**
+
+If you would like to run the data collection app locally for development, you
 can set up an entire stack needed to run **Open-Assistant**, including the
-website, backend, and associated dependent services.
+website, backend, and associated dependent services, with Docker.
 
 ##### To start the demo, run this in the root directory of the repository: