diff --git a/articles/flow/configuration/development-mode/node-js.adoc b/articles/flow/configuration/development-mode/node-js.adoc
index 5a5dc33fdc..88f0c3626c 100644
--- a/articles/flow/configuration/development-mode/node-js.adoc
+++ b/articles/flow/configuration/development-mode/node-js.adoc
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ https-proxy=http://myusername:s3cr3tpassw0rd@proxyserver1:8086
 noproxy=192.168.1.1,vaadin.com,mycompany.com
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+When using PNPM and customizing the [filename]`.npmrc` file auto-generated by Vaadin, make sure to remove the `NOTICE: this is an auto-generated file` comment to prevent Vaadin to overwrite it with the default contents.
+
 To learn more about the [filename]`.npmrc` file, see the https://docs.npmjs.com/configuring-npm/npmrc[official npmrc documentation].
 
 [NOTE]