diff --git a/its/run-its.bat b/its/run-its.bat
index 4b73810400..14810407bf 100644
--- a/its/run-its.bat
+++ b/its/run-its.bat
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
 
 @REM How JvZ runs the ITs from a clean slate if it would be on Windows
 
+@REM In rare occasions, some ITs may depend on latest maven snapshots.
+@REM In such cases you need to:
+@REM  - build maven using `mvn install -PversionlessMavenDist -Dmaven.repo.local=[my-repo-local]`
+@REM  - run ITs using `mvn clean install -Prun-its,embedded -Dmaven.repo.local=[my-repo-local] -DmavenDistro=[maven-source-tree]/apache-maven/target/maven-bin.zip`
+
 mvn clean install -U -Prun-its,embedded -Dmaven.repo.local=%cd%\repo
 
 @REM If behind a proxy try this..
diff --git a/its/run-its.sh b/its/run-its.sh
index c438cbb5b0..6fc3ec6bfc 100755
--- a/its/run-its.sh
+++ b/its/run-its.sh
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@
 # How I run the ITs from a clean slate. Though I do this with a primed Nexus instance. JvZ.
 # build maven core using -PversionlessMavenDist
 
-# For Jdk 7 use with -Dhttps.protocols=TLSv1.2
-# mvn clean install -Prun-its,embedded -Dmaven.repo.local=`pwd`/repo -Dhttps.protocols=TLSv1.2
+# In rare occasions, some ITs may depend on latest maven snapshots.
+# In such cases you need to:
+#  - build maven using `mvn install -PversionlessMavenDist -Dmaven.repo.local=[my-repo-local]`
+#  - run ITs using `mvn clean install -Prun-its,embedded -Dmaven.repo.local=[my-repo-local] -DmavenDistro=[maven-source-tree]/apache-maven/target/maven-bin.zip`
 
 mvn clean install -Prun-its,embedded -Dmaven.repo.local=`pwd`/repo