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diff --git a/src/luarocks/make.lua b/src/luarocks/make.lua
index 15167c1e..13682413 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/make.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/make.lua
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ This command is useful as a tool for debugging rockspecs.
 To install rocks, you'll normally want to use the "install" and
 "build" commands. See the help on those for details.
 
+NB: Use `luarocks install` with the `--only-deps` flag if you want to install dependencies of the rockspec (see `luarocks help install`)
+
 --pack-binary-rock  Do not install rock. Instead, produce a .rock file
                     with the contents of compilation in the current
                     directory.