diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/e2e/README.md b/x-pack/plugins/apm/e2e/README.md
index cf29b14d1954..3517c74e950c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/e2e/README.md
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/e2e/README.md
@@ -2,8 +2,14 @@
 
 **Run E2E tests**
 
+
 ```sh
+# In one terminal
+node ./scripts/kibana --no-base-path --dev --no-dev-config --config x-pack/plugins/apm/e2e/ci/kibana.e2e.yml
+# In another terminal
 x-pack/plugins/apm/e2e/run-e2e.sh
 ```
 
-_Starts APM Server, Elasticsearch (with sample data) and runs the tests_
+Starts kibana, APM Server, Elasticsearch (with sample data) and runs the tests.
+
+If you see errors about not all events being ingested correctly try running `cd kibana/x-pack/plugins/apm/e2e/tmp/apm-integration-testing && docker-compose down -v`