diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/template/README.md b/packages/react-scripts/template/README.md
index 479d632a5f0..71818ec7285 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/template/README.md
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/template/README.md
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ Recent versions of [Flow](http://flowtype.org/) work with Create React App proje
 
 To add Flow to a Create React App project, follow these steps:
 
-1. Run `npm install --save flow-bin` (or `yarn add flow-bin`).
+1. Run `npm install --save-dev flow-bin` (or `yarn add --dev flow-bin`).
 2. Add `"flow": "flow"` to the `scripts` section of your `package.json`.
 3. Run `npm run flow init` (or `yarn flow init`) to create a [`.flowconfig` file](https://flowtype.org/docs/advanced-configuration.html) in the root directory.
 4. Add `// @flow` to any files you want to type check (for example, to `src/App.js`).