Document that 127.0.0.2 has to be added to the loopback interface (ga…

…rdener#7528) Co-authored-by: Kostov6 <v.kostov@sap.com>
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diff --git a/docs/deployment/getting_started_locally.md b/docs/deployment/getting_started_locally.md
@@ -173,8 +173,15 @@ To access the `Shoot`, you can acquire a `kubeconfig` by using the [`shoots/admi
 
 ## (Optional): Setting Up a Second Seed Cluster
 
-There are cases where you would want to create a second cluster seed in your local setup. For example, if you want to test the [control plane migration](../usage/control_plane_migration.md) feature. The following steps describe how to do that.
+There are cases where you would want to create a second seed cluster in your local setup. For example, if you want to test the [control plane migration](../usage/control_plane_migration.md) feature. The following steps describe how to do that.
 
+If you are on macOS, add a new IP address on your loopback device which will be necessary for the new KinD cluster that you will create. On macOS, the default loopback device is `lo0`.
+
+```bash
+sudo ip addr add 127.0.0.2 dev lo0                                     # adding 127.0.0.2 ip to the loopback interface
+```
+
+Next, setup the second KinD cluster:
 
 ```bash
 make kind2-up

diff --git a/docs/development/getting_started_locally.md b/docs/development/getting_started_locally.md
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@ When the `Shoot` got created successfully, you can acquire a `kubeconfig` by usi
 
 There are cases where you would want to create a second seed cluster in your local setup. For example, if you want to test the [control plane migration](../usage/control_plane_migration.md) feature. The following steps describe how to do that.
 
-Add a new IP address on your loopback device which will be necessary for the new KinD cluster that you will create. On Mac, the default loopback device is `lo0`.
+If you are on macOS, add a new IP address on your loopback device which will be necessary for the new KinD cluster that you will create. On macOS, the default loopback device is `lo0`.
+
 
 ```bash
 sudo ip addr add 127.0.0.2 dev lo0                                     # adding 127.0.0.2 ip to the loopback interface