doc: recommend versionCheckHook whenever relevant

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diff --git a/doc/stdenv/stdenv.chapter.md b/doc/stdenv/stdenv.chapter.md
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@@ -762,6 +762,8 @@ Before and after running `make`, the hooks `preBuild` and `postBuild` are called
 
 The check phase checks whether the package was built correctly by running its test suite. The default `checkPhase` calls `make $checkTarget`, but only if the [`doCheck` variable](#var-stdenv-doCheck) is enabled.
 
+It is highly recommended, for packages' sources that are not distributed with any tests, to at least use [`versionCheckHook`](#versioncheckhook) to test that the resulting executable is basically functional.
+
 #### Variables controlling the check phase {#variables-controlling-the-check-phase}
 
 ##### `doCheck` {#var-stdenv-doCheck}