diff --git a/docs/example-react-router.mdx b/docs/example-react-router.mdx
index 00ae687ce..b9040d748 100644
--- a/docs/example-react-router.mdx
+++ b/docs/example-react-router.mdx
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@ id: example-react-router
 title: React Router
 ---
 
+> **Note**
+>
+> If you are using react-router v5 you will need to install history ^4.9.0 for
+> compatibility reasons. See [issue
+> 869](https://github.com/testing-library/react-testing-library/issues/869) for
+> details.
+
 ```jsx
 // app.js
 import React from 'react'