diff --git a/contracts/README.md b/contracts/README.md
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--- a/contracts/README.md
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@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ Take some private key from local node and add to .env `PRIVATE_KEY_LOCALHOST`
 npm run deployAll:localhost
 ```
 
+**Run the oracle backend**
+
+Please see the [`oracles` directory](/oracles) to run the oracle backend. If you don't run the oracle back-end, the oracle contracts on your localnet will not produce any results (and will not make any callbacks).
+
 ### Galadriel testnet
 
 Update `.env`: