diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/browser-e2e.yml b/.gitea/workflows/browser-e2e.yml
index cb6dd42..3439a60 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/browser-e2e.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/browser-e2e.yml
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "Running smoke checks on Desktop Chrome (production verification)"
           npm run test:e2e:public-smoke
           npm run test:e2e:admin-smoke
+          echo "Smoke failed: verify public root and /taxbaik/admin/login body markers."
 
       - name: Browser E2E verification
         env:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3f79ed1..af10d5d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ master 브랜치에 푸시하면 파이프라인이 다음 단계를 수행합
 
 공개/관리자 분리 검증은 아래 명령을 사용합니다.
 
+로컬에서 실행할 때는 먼저 `npm run test:e2e`가 가리키는 대상 서버를 띄워둬야 합니다.
+
 | 용도 | Bash | PowerShell |
 | --- | --- | --- |
 | Public smoke | `E2E_BASE_URL=https://www.taxbaik.com/taxbaik npm run test:e2e:public-smoke` | `$env:E2E_BASE_URL="https://www.taxbaik.com/taxbaik"; npm run test:e2e:public-smoke` |