diff --git a/GETTING_STARTED.md b/GETTING_STARTED.md
index ff5a12bae9c6..d7ec308d47dc 100644
--- a/GETTING_STARTED.md
+++ b/GETTING_STARTED.md
@@ -123,6 +123,16 @@ Import the components in your application module:
- [Puppy Love Mobile (Google IO 2016)](https://github.com/kara/puppy-love-io)
+### Additional setup for `md-menu` and `md-tooltip`:
+For alpha.7, you need to include the overlay styles in your app via a `link` element. This will
+look something like
+```html
+
+```
+
+In future releases, all of the core styles will be combined into a single distributed css file.
+
+
### Additional setup for `md-slide-toggle` and `md-slider`:
The slide-toggle and slider components have a dependency on [HammerJS](http://hammerjs.github.io/).
1) Add HammerJS to your application via [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/hammerjs), a CDN
diff --git a/src/components/menu/README.md b/src/components/menu/README.md
index 7a0f5153cd30..3ff0b69e4109 100644
--- a/src/components/menu/README.md
+++ b/src/components/menu/README.md
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ import {MdMenuModule} from '@angular2-material/menu';
export class MyAppModule {}
```
+For alpha.7, you need to include the overlay styles in your app via a `link` element. This will
+look something like
+```html
+
+```
+
### Simple menu
In your template, create an `md-menu` element. You can use either `