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+# Kibana Functional Testing
+
+See our [Functional Testing Guide](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/development-functional-tests.html)
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 #### Running functional tests
 
+For more info, see [the Elastic functional test development guide](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/development-functional-tests.html).
+
 The functional UI tests, the API integration tests, and the SAML API integration tests are all run against a live browser, Kibana, and Elasticsearch install. Each set of tests is specified with a unique config that describes how to start the Elasticsearch server, the Kibana server, and what tests to run against them. The sets of tests that exist today are *functional UI tests* ([specified by this config](test/functional/config.js)), *API integration tests* ([specified by this config](test/api_integration/config.js)), and *SAML API integration tests* ([specified by this config](test/saml_api_integration/config.js)).
 
 The script runs all sets of tests sequentially like so:
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+# Kibana Functional Testing
+
+See our [Functional Testing Guide](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/development-functional-tests.html)