It was probably the skimming :). I don’t have a “blink” attribute in the doc, but it does have a callout that says:
On Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2, make certain that KB2883200 is installed or DSC will not work. On Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008, be sure to install the full Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 package prior to installing WMF 4.0 or DSC may not work correctly.
Made it bold, with a bordered paragraph – as much as I could! Hopefully folks will see it. I agree that it’s awkward to have to do that, though. I’m going to include a reference to the actual error, though – that might help Google fu.