diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6ae27a1b0f8bff96c86a4a386b30c04985211ecc..2eed8d9ad6f8b6257802320d66e65e39e047c9a7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Please note, you need to uninstall any existing versions of node.js before insta
 
 #### Uninstall existing npm
 
-You should also delete the existing npm install location (e.g. "C:\Users\\<user>\\AppData\Roaming\npm") so that the nvm install location will be correctly used instead. 
+You should also delete the existing npm install location (e.g. "C:\Users\\<user>\\AppData\Roaming\npm"), so that the nvm install location will be correctly used instead. Backup the global `npmrc` config (e.g. `C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\npm\etc\npmrc`), if you have some important settings there, or copy the settings to the user config `C:\Users\<user>\.npmrc`.
 
 #### Install nvm-windows