diff --git a/pages/common/npm.md b/pages/common/npm.md
index 2a5539e75..4fe1c4b3e 100644
--- a/pages/common/npm.md
+++ b/pages/common/npm.md
@@ -11,10 +11,14 @@
 
 `npm install`
 
-- Download a given dependency, and add it to the package.json:
+- Download a given dependency required for the application to run, and add it to the package.json:
 
 `npm install {{module_name}}@{{version}} --save`
 
+- Download a given dependency for development purposes, and add it to the package.json:
+
+`npm install {{module_name}}@{{version}} --save-dev`
+
 - Uninstall a module:
 
 `npm uninstall {{module_name}}`