diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 188e4a7e2..1b58120a7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -285,9 +285,13 @@ local-deploy: ## Deploy Kuadrant Operator in the cluster pointed by KUBECONFIG
 	@echo
 	@echo "Now you can export the kuadrant gateway by doing:"
 	@echo "kubectl port-forward -n istio-system service/istio-ingressgateway-istio 9080:80 &"
-	@echo "after that, you can curl -H \"Host: myhost.com\" localhost:9080"
-	@echo "-- Linux only -- Ingress gateway is exported using nodePort service in port 9080"
-	@echo "curl -H \"Host: myhost.com\" localhost:9080"
+	@echo "export GATEWAY_URL=localhost:9080"
+	@echo "after that, you can curl -H \"Host: myhost.com\" $$GATEWAY_URL"
+	@echo "-- Linux only -- Ingress gateway is exported using loadbalancer service in port 80"
+	@echo "export INGRESS_HOST=$$(kubectl get gtw istio-ingressgateway -n istio-system -o jsonpath='{.status.addresses[0].value}')"
+	@echo "export INGRESS_PORT=$$(kubectl get gtw istio-ingressgateway -n istio-system -o jsonpath='{.spec.listeners[?(@.name==\"http\")].port\}')"
+	@echo "export GATEWAY_URL=$$INGRESS_HOST:$$INGRESS_PORT"
+	@echo "curl -H \"Host: myhost.com\" $$GATEWAY_URL"
 	@echo
 
 .PHONY: local-setup
diff --git a/doc/user-guides/authenticated-rl-for-app-developers.md b/doc/user-guides/authenticated-rl-for-app-developers.md
index edf4619a3..ec2d3e5db 100644
--- a/doc/user-guides/authenticated-rl-for-app-developers.md
+++ b/doc/user-guides/authenticated-rl-for-app-developers.md
@@ -101,6 +101,15 @@ curl -H 'Host: api.toystore.com' http://$GATEWAY_URL/toy -i
 # HTTP/1.1 200 OK
 ```
 
+> **Note**: If the command above fails to hit the Toy Store API on your environment, try forwarding requests to the service and accessing over localhost:
+>
+> ```sh
+> kubectl port-forward -n istio-system service/istio-ingressgateway 9080:80 2>&1 >/dev/null &
+> export GATEWAY_URL=localhost:9080
+> curl -H 'Host: api.toystore.com' http://$GATEWAY_URL/toys -i
+> # HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+> ```
+
 ### ③ Enforce authentication on requests to the Toy Store API
 
 Create a Kuadrant `AuthPolicy` to configure the authentication:
diff --git a/doc/user-guides/authenticated-rl-with-jwt-and-k8s-authnz.md b/doc/user-guides/authenticated-rl-with-jwt-and-k8s-authnz.md
index 6e687ce66..af0ec94ed 100644
--- a/doc/user-guides/authenticated-rl-with-jwt-and-k8s-authnz.md
+++ b/doc/user-guides/authenticated-rl-with-jwt-and-k8s-authnz.md
@@ -97,6 +97,15 @@ curl -H 'Host: api.toystore.com' http://$GATEWAY_URL/toy -i
 
 It should return `200 OK`.
 
+> **Note**: If the command above fails to hit the Toy Store API on your environment, try forwarding requests to the service and accessing over localhost:
+>
+> ```sh
+> kubectl port-forward -n istio-system service/istio-ingressgateway 9080:80 2>&1 >/dev/null &
+> export GATEWAY_URL=localhost:9080
+> curl -H 'Host: api.toystore.com' http://$GATEWAY_URL/toys -i
+> # HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+> ```
+
 ### ③ Deploy Keycloak
 
 Create the namesapce:
diff --git a/doc/user-guides/simple-rl-for-app-developers.md b/doc/user-guides/simple-rl-for-app-developers.md
index 0f146bc65..a2c77c78d 100644
--- a/doc/user-guides/simple-rl-for-app-developers.md
+++ b/doc/user-guides/simple-rl-for-app-developers.md
@@ -102,6 +102,15 @@ curl -H 'Host: api.toystore.com' http://$GATEWAY_URL/toys -i
 # HTTP/1.1 200 OK
 ```
 
+> **Note**: If the command above fails to hit the Toy Store API on your environment, try forwarding requests to the service and accessing over localhost:
+>
+> ```sh
+> kubectl port-forward -n istio-system service/istio-ingressgateway 9080:80 2>&1 >/dev/null &
+> export GATEWAY_URL=localhost:9080
+> curl -H 'Host: api.toystore.com' http://$GATEWAY_URL/toys -i
+> # HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+> ```
+
 ### ③ Enforce rate limiting on requests to the Toy Store API
 
 Create a Kuadrant `RateLimitPolicy` to configure rate limiting: