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@@ -8,8 +8,19 @@ Make sure you have development dependencies installed in your development enviro
 pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
 ```
 
-We use `pre-commit` to maintain and install pre-commit hooks that should be executed
-before each commit. Use the following commands to install the hooks
+## pre-commit hooks
+
+We use [pre-commit](https://pre-commit.com/) to maintain and install pre-commit
+hooks that should be executed before each commit.
+
+
+Please install these required tools on your system:
+
+* [hadolint](https://github.com/hadolint/hadolint) for linting the `Dockerfile`
+* [shellcheck](https://www.shellcheck.net/) and
+* [shfmt](https://github.com/mvdan/sh) to lint and validate shell scripts
+
+Then install pre-commit hooks:
 
 ```
 pre-commit install