diff --git a/src/guide/essentials/watchers.md b/src/guide/essentials/watchers.md
index 2258a5f459..0b1473602d 100644
--- a/src/guide/essentials/watchers.md
+++ b/src/guide/essentials/watchers.md
@@ -220,12 +220,12 @@ watch(
Deep watch requires traversing all nested properties in the watched object, and can be expensive when used on large data structures. Use it only when necessary and beware of the performance implications.
:::
-
-
-## Eager Watchers \* {#eager-watchers}
+## Eager Watchers {#eager-watchers}
`watch` is lazy by default: the callback won't be called until the watched source has changed. But in some cases we may want the same callback logic to be run eagerly - for example, we may want to fetch some initial data, and then re-fetch the data whenever relevant state changes.
+
+
We can force a watcher's callback to be executed immediately by declaring it using an object with a `handler` function and the `immediate: true` option:
```js
@@ -245,13 +245,28 @@ export default {
```
The initial execution of the handler function will happen just before the `created` hook. Vue will have already processed the `data`, `computed`, and `methods` options, so those properties will be available on the first invocation.
+
+
+
+
+
+We can force a watcher's callback to be executed immediately by passing the `immediate: true` option:
+
+```js
+watch(obj, (newValue, oldValue) => {
+ // ...
+}, { immediate: true })
+```
+
## `watchEffect()` \*\* {#watcheffect}
-`watch()` is lazy: the callback won't be called until the watched source has changed. But in some cases we may want the same callback logic to be run eagerly - for example, we may want to fetch some initial data, and then re-fetch the data whenever relevant state changes. We may find ourselves doing this:
+`watch()` is lazy: the callback won't be called until the watched source has changed. But in some cases we may want the same callback logic to be run eagerly, an alternative to [`watch()`](/api/reactivity-core.html#watch) exists.
+
+We may find ourselves doing this:
```js
const url = ref('https://...')
@@ -265,7 +280,7 @@ async function fetchData() {
// fetch immediately
fetchData()
// ...then watch for url change
-watch(url, fetchData)
+watch(url, fetchData, { immediate: true })
```
This can be simplified with [`watchEffect()`](/api/reactivity-core.html#watcheffect). `watchEffect()` allows us to perform a side effect immediately while automatically tracking the effect's reactive dependencies. The above example can be rewritten as: