diff --git a/contrib/building.md b/contrib/building.md
index ddf183403eb..ff5de679ccf 100644
--- a/contrib/building.md
+++ b/contrib/building.md
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
     - [Building for Node.js](#building-for-nodejs)
       - [Additional steps for Windows](#additional-steps-for-windows)
       - [Building for ARM/Linux](#building-for-armlinux)
-    - [Building the documentation](#building-the-documentation)
     - [Cleaning up build files](#cleaning-up-build-files)
+    - [Building the documentation](#building-the-documentation)
   - [Running the tests](#running-the-tests)
     - [Linting the source code](#linting-the-source-code)
       - [JS/TS](#jsts)
@@ -212,15 +212,22 @@ Other editors should also be able to be configured to use the `compile_commands.
 You can build and bundle for iOS by running the following command from the root directory:
 
 ```sh
-npm run build:ios --workspace realm
+npm run bindgen:generate:jsi  --workspace realm
 npm run bundle --workspace realm
 ```
 
+In the consuming project, be sure to enable building core from source by setting the environment variable `BUILD_REALM_CORE`.
+This can either be set globally or locally before running `pod install`:
+```
+BUILD_REALM_CORE=1 pod install
+```
+
 ### Building for Android
 
 You can build and bundle for Android by running the following command from the root directory:
 
 ```sh
+npm run bindgen:generate:jsi  --workspace realm
 npm run build:android --workspace realm
 npm run bundle --workspace realm
 ```
diff --git a/integration-tests/environments/react-native/README.md b/integration-tests/environments/react-native/README.md
index ef8bad66448..33773cea051 100644
--- a/integration-tests/environments/react-native/README.md
+++ b/integration-tests/environments/react-native/README.md
@@ -18,14 +18,20 @@ To install this environment, run the following command from the root directory o
 npx lerna bootstrap --scope @realm/react-native-tests --include-dependencies
 ```
 
-For iOS environments run 
+For iOS environments run
 
 ```bash
-npx pod-install 
+npx pod-install
 ```
 
 within the `integration-tests/environments/react-native` directory.
 
+To build iOS with debug symbols, run `pod install` with the environment variable `BUILD_REALM_CORE`.
+
+```bash
+BUILD_REALM_CORE=1 npx pod-install
+```
+
 ## Running the tests
 
 To run tests on Android, start an emulator and run:
@@ -216,5 +222,5 @@ Open the `package.json` of both `react-native` and `react-native-backup`:
 Install dependencies again to run the `prepare` script (from the root of the repository):
 
 ```bash
-npx lerna bootstrap
+npm install
 ```