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diff --git a/doc/developer/topotests.rst b/doc/developer/topotests.rst
index 7b1fde7b53..f44cf9df98 100644
--- a/doc/developer/topotests.rst
+++ b/doc/developer/topotests.rst
@@ -17,13 +17,23 @@ Tested with Ubuntu 20.04,Ubuntu 18.04, and Debian 11.
Instructions are the same for all setups (i.e. ExaBGP is only used for
BGP tests).
+Tshark is only required if you enable any packet captures on test runs.
+
+Valgrind is only required if you enable valgrind on test runs.
+
Installing Topotest Requirements
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. code:: shell
- apt-get install gdb iproute2 net-tools python3-pip \
- iputils-ping valgrind
+ apt-get install \
+ gdb \
+ iproute2 \
+ net-tools \
+ python3-pip \
+ iputils-ping \
+ tshark \
+ valgrind
python3 -m pip install wheel
python3 -m pip install 'pytest>=6.2.4'
python3 -m pip install 'pytest-xdist>=2.3.0'