diff --git a/docs/GettingStarted.rst b/docs/GettingStarted.rst
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@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ Here's the short story for getting up and running quickly with LLVM:
    * ``cd llvm/tools``
    * ``svn co http://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/cfe/trunk clang``
 
+#. Checkout LLD linker **[Optional]**:
+
+   * ``cd where-you-want-llvm-to-live``
+   * ``cd llvm/tools``
+   * ``svn co http://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/lld/trunk lld``
+
 #. Checkout Compiler-RT (required to build the sanitizers) **[Optional]**:
 
    * ``cd where-you-want-llvm-to-live``