diff --git a/docs/further-reading/fuzzer_environment.md b/docs/further-reading/fuzzer_environment.md
index c42bf454ee34..b7d3b5fd121a 100644
--- a/docs/further-reading/fuzzer_environment.md
+++ b/docs/further-reading/fuzzer_environment.md
@@ -25,13 +25,17 @@ or built as part of
 are not available on the bot runtime environment (where the fuzz targets run).
 
 If you need these dependencies in the runtime environment, you can either:
-- Install the packages via Dockerfile
+
+- (recommended) Build the dependencies statically in
+[build.sh]({{ site.baseurl }}/getting-started/new-project-guide/#buildsh)
+([example](https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz/blob/64f8b6593da141b97c98c7bc6f07df92c42ee010/projects/ffmpeg/build.sh#L26)).
+
+- Or install the packages via Dockerfile
 ([example](https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz/blob/2d5e2ef84f281e6ab789055aa735606d3122fda9/projects/tor/Dockerfile#L19))
 and then link statically against them
 ([example](https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz/blob/2d5e2ef84f281e6ab789055aa735606d3122fda9/projects/tor/build.sh#L40)).
-- Or build the dependencies statically in
-[build.sh]({{ site.baseurl }}/getting-started/new-project-guide/#buildsh)
-([example](https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz/blob/64f8b6593da141b97c98c7bc6f07df92c42ee010/projects/ffmpeg/build.sh#L26)).
+**Dependencies built in this way will not be instrumented** and may prevent
+the fuzzer from finding bugs if they are involved in the execution of a fuzz target.
 
 All build artifacts needed during fuzz target execution should be inside the
 `$OUT` directory. Only those artifacts are archived and used on the bots.
diff --git a/docs/getting-started/new_project_guide.md b/docs/getting-started/new_project_guide.md
index 65441bee1158..1cdd23fa92ad 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started/new_project_guide.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started/new_project_guide.md
@@ -237,6 +237,10 @@ For an example, see
 [ecc-diff-fuzzer/Dockerfile](https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz/blob/master/projects/ecc-diff-fuzzer/Dockerfile).
 where we use `base-builder-rust`and install golang
 
+Runtime dependencies of your project, such as third-party static libraries, will
+not be instrumented if you build them in the Dockerfile. In most cases, you will
+want to build them in `build.sh` instead.
+
 ## build.sh {#buildsh}
 
 This file defines how to build binaries for [fuzz targets]({{ site.baseurl }}/reference/glossary/#fuzz-target) in your project.