diff --git a/apps/site/snippets/en/download/brew.bash b/apps/site/snippets/en/download/brew.bash
index 30285746f6e3c..166fca14ed9b5 100644
--- a/apps/site/snippets/en/download/brew.bash
+++ b/apps/site/snippets/en/download/brew.bash
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# NOTE:
+# Homebrew is not a Node.js package manager.
+# Please ensure it is already installed on your system.
+# Follow official instructions at https://brew.sh/
+# Homebrew only supports installing major Node.js versions and might not support the latest Node.js version from the 22 release line.
+
 # download and install Node.js
 brew install node@${props.release.major}
 
diff --git a/apps/site/snippets/en/download/choco.bash b/apps/site/snippets/en/download/choco.bash
index 62b3a4783c81d..84e8cd61e0fec 100644
--- a/apps/site/snippets/en/download/choco.bash
+++ b/apps/site/snippets/en/download/choco.bash
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# NOTE:
+# Chocolatey is not a Node.js package manager.
+# Please ensure it is already installed on your system.
+# Follow official instructions at https://chocolatey.org/
+# Chocolatey is not officially maintained by the Node.js project and might not support the v22.12.0 version of Node.js
+
 # download and install Node.js
 choco install nodejs-lts --version="${props.release.major}"
 
diff --git a/apps/site/snippets/en/download/docker.bash b/apps/site/snippets/en/download/docker.bash
index e478cb8c1dcf6..e3617cf2d3225 100644
--- a/apps/site/snippets/en/download/docker.bash
+++ b/apps/site/snippets/en/download/docker.bash
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# NOTE:
+# Docker is not a Node.js package manager.
+# Please ensure it is already installed on your system.
+# Follow official instructions at https://docs.docker.com/desktop/
+# Docker images are provided officially at https://github.com/nodejs/docker-node/
+
 # pulls the Node.js Docker image
 docker pull node:${props.release.major}-${props.release.major >= 4 ? 'alpine' : 'slim'}
 
diff --git a/apps/site/snippets/en/download/fnm.bash b/apps/site/snippets/en/download/fnm.bash
index 77c235d49fbef..b4ba5d71b721d 100644
--- a/apps/site/snippets/en/download/fnm.bash
+++ b/apps/site/snippets/en/download/fnm.bash
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
+# installs fnm (Fast Node Manager)
+curl -fsSL https://fnm.vercel.app/install | bash
+
+# activate fnm
+source ~/.bashrc
+
 # download and install Node.js
-fnm install ${props.release.major}
+fnm use --install-if-missing ${props.release.major}
 
 # verifies the right Node.js version is in the environment
 node -v # should print "${props.release.versionWithPrefix}"
diff --git a/apps/site/snippets/en/download/nvm.bash b/apps/site/snippets/en/download/nvm.bash
index 97653d94e28f6..74ca8f037c4be 100644
--- a/apps/site/snippets/en/download/nvm.bash
+++ b/apps/site/snippets/en/download/nvm.bash
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# installs nvm (Node Version Manager)
+curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.40.1/install.sh | bash
+
 # download and install Node.js (you may need to restart the terminal)
 nvm install ${props.release.major}