diff --git a/docs/how-to/plugins/testing-builds.md b/docs/how-to/plugins/testing-builds.md
index fb3ed7f0d..a6de74319 100644
--- a/docs/how-to/plugins/testing-builds.md
+++ b/docs/how-to/plugins/testing-builds.md
@@ -75,5 +75,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
     ...
 ```
 
+Alternatively, you may wish to perform `pip cache remove hatch-plugin-name` before testing it manually on some project with `hatch build --target hatch-plugin-target`. This is suitable when developing a plugin in tandem with another project consuming it. However, it is not advisable for writing tests inside a builder plugin project, self-contained, as it modifies the global cache of the system rather than working around it at the test level. For writing tests, the former method is advisable.
+
 !!! note
     This example chooses to ignore copying `.git` for performance reasons. You may want to ignore more patterns, or copy only specific paths like [this plugin](https://github.com/hynek/hatch-fancy-pypi-readme/blob/main/tests/conftest.py) does.
diff --git a/docs/plugins/builder/reference.md b/docs/plugins/builder/reference.md
index acd8ffe06..c5b83da61 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/builder/reference.md
+++ b/docs/plugins/builder/reference.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 -----
 
-See the documentation for [build configuration](../../config/build.md).
+See the documentation for [build configuration](../../config/build.md) and the how-to for [testing plugins](../../how-to/plugins/testing-builds.md).
 
 ## Known third-party