diff --git a/docs/tutorial/first-app.md b/docs/tutorial/first-app.md
index 9dd795b308412..ab05c3cc79bf0 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial/first-app.md
+++ b/docs/tutorial/first-app.md
@@ -109,7 +109,13 @@ const { app, BrowserWindow } = require('electron')
 
 function createWindow () {
   // Create the browser window.
-  let win = new BrowserWindow({ width: 800, height: 600 })
+  let win = new BrowserWindow({
+    width: 800,
+    height: 600,
+    webPreferences: {
+      nodeIntegration: true
+    }
+  })
 
   // and load the index.html of the app.
   win.loadFile('index.html')
@@ -132,7 +138,13 @@ let win
 
 function createWindow () {
   // Create the browser window.
-  win = new BrowserWindow({ width: 800, height: 600 })
+  let win = new BrowserWindow({
+    width: 800,
+    height: 600,
+    webPreferences: {
+      nodeIntegration: true
+    }
+  })
 
   // and load the index.html of the app.
   win.loadFile('index.html')