diff --git a/GETTING_STARTED.md b/GETTING_STARTED.md
index 0bd0789..8990c4d 100644
--- a/GETTING_STARTED.md
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@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ The first build will take a while. It must pull down the base container, perl-la
 various Perl modules from CPAN. After the initial build, if you have modified your site.cfg file, templates dir, or the 
 site-generator program itself, builds will be very quick.
 
+If the build fails, it is often from a CPAN module failing to download and install. Try running the Docker build command again.
+
 ## Running the container
 
 When runing the Docker image, your local output directory (typically public_html) must be mounted into the container using