diff --git a/aio/README.md b/aio/README.md
index b00ed4b115..330540c559 100644
--- a/aio/README.md
+++ b/aio/README.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Here are the most important tasks you might need to use:
 * `yarn docs-lint` - check that the doc gen code follows our style rules.
 * `yarn docs-test` - run the unit tests for the doc generation code.
 
-* `yarn boilerplate:add` - generate all the boilerplate code for the examples, so that they can be run locally.
+* `yarn boilerplate:add` - generate all the boilerplate code for the examples, so that they can be run locally. Add the option `-- --local` to use your local version of Angular contained in the "dist" folder.
 * `yarn boilerplate:remove` - remove all the boilerplate code that was added via `yarn boilerplate:add`.
 * `yarn generate-plunkers` - generate the plunker files that are used by the `live-example` tags in the docs.
 * `yarn generate-zips` - generate the zip files from the examples. Zip available via the `live-example` tags in the docs.
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Here are the most important tasks you might need to use:
 * `yarn example-e2e` - run all e2e tests for examples
   - `yarn example-e2e -- --setup` - force webdriver update & other setup, then run tests
   - `yarn example-e2e -- --filter=foo` - limit e2e tests to those containing the word "foo"
+  - `yarn example-e2e -- --setup --local` - run e2e tests with the local version of Angular contained in the "dist" folder
 
 * `yarn build-ie-polyfills` - generates a js file of polyfills that can be loaded in Internet Explorer.