diff --git a/docs/management/admin/endpoint-command-ref.asciidoc b/docs/management/admin/endpoint-command-ref.asciidoc
index 89a4f66237..b85cc4d9cc 100644
--- a/docs/management/admin/endpoint-command-ref.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/management/admin/endpoint-command-ref.asciidoc
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ elastic-endpoint install --upgrade --resources endpoint-security-resources.zip
 
 Save a memory dump of the {elastic-endpoint} service.
 
+NOTE: On Linux, GNU Debugger (GDB) must be installed to perform a memory dump.
+
 [discrete]
 === Options