diff --git a/TESTING.asciidoc b/TESTING.asciidoc
index 1ec29e781564..438dbe5ba5ce 100644
--- a/TESTING.asciidoc
+++ b/TESTING.asciidoc
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ This will instruct all JVMs (including any that run cli tools such as creating t
 to suspend and initiate a debug connection on port incrementing from `5005`.
 As such the IDE needs to be instructed to listen for connections on this port.
 Since we might run multiple JVMs as part of configuring and starting the cluster it's
-recommended to have the option to aut restart checked.
+recommended to configure the IDE to initiate multiple listening attempts. In case of IntelliJ, this option
+is called "Auto restart" and needs to be checked. In case of Eclipse, "Connection limit" setting
+needs to be configured with a greater value (ie 10 or more).
 
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