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@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@ application. Occasionally you might want to test the content of 500 error
 responses, rather than allowing client to raise the server exception. In this
 case you should use `client = TestClient(app, raise_server_exceptions=False)`.
 
+!!! note
+
+    If you want the `TestClient` to run `lifespan` events (`on_startup`, `on_shutdown`, or `lifespan`),
+    you will need to use the `TestClient` as a context manager. Otherwise, the events
+    will not be triggered when the `TestClient` is instantiated. You can learn more about it
+    [here](/events/#running-event-handlers-in-tests).
+
 ### Selecting the Async backend
 
 `TestClient` takes arguments `backend` (a string) and `backend_options` (a dictionary).