diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/template/README.md b/packages/react-scripts/template/README.md
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--- a/packages/react-scripts/template/README.md
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/template/README.md
@@ -1836,6 +1836,12 @@ service worker navigation routing can be configured or disabled by
 and [`navigateFallbackWhitelist`](https://github.com/GoogleChrome/sw-precache#navigatefallbackwhitelist-arrayregexp)
 options of the `SWPreachePlugin` [configuration](../config/webpack.config.prod.js).
 
+When users install your app to the homescreen of their device the default configuration will make a shortcut to `/index.html`. This may not work for client-side routers which expect the app to be served from `/`. Edit the web app manifest at [`public/manifest.json`](public/manifest.json) and change `start_url` to match the required URL scheme, for example:
+
+```js
+  "start_url": ".",
+```
+
 ### Building for Relative Paths
 
 By default, Create React App produces a build assuming your app is hosted at the server root.<br>