diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index da5c0f71d1..71e7874459 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -84,6 +84,13 @@ yarn add fastify
 
 ```js
 // Require the framework and instantiate it
+
+// ESM
+import Fastify from 'fastify'
+const fastify = Fastify({
+  logger: true
+})
+// CommonJs
 const fastify = require('fastify')({
   logger: true
 })
@@ -103,6 +110,12 @@ fastify.listen(3000, (err, address) => {
 with async-await:
 
 ```js
+// ESM
+import Fastify from 'fastify'
+const fastify = Fastify({
+  logger: true
+})
+// CommonJs
 const fastify = require('fastify')({
   logger: true
 })
diff --git a/docs/Getting-Started.md b/docs/Getting-Started.md
index 7a8135d865..5cf43ec090 100644
--- a/docs/Getting-Started.md
+++ b/docs/Getting-Started.md
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ yarn add fastify
 Let's write our first server:
 ```js
 // Require the framework and instantiate it
+
+// ESM
+import Fastify from 'fastify'
+const fastify = Fastify({
+  logger: true
+})
+// CommonJs
 const fastify = require('fastify')({
   logger: true
 })
@@ -36,13 +43,19 @@ fastify.listen(3000, function (err, address) {
     fastify.log.error(err)
     process.exit(1)
   }
-  fastify.log.info(`server listening on ${address}`)
+  // Server is now listening on ${address}
 })
 ```
 
 Do you prefer to use `async/await`? Fastify supports it out-of-the-box.<br>
 *(We also suggest using [make-promises-safe](https://github.com/mcollina/make-promises-safe) to avoid file descriptor and memory leaks.)*
 ```js
+// ESM
+import Fastify from 'fastify'
+const fastify = Fastify({
+  logger: true
+})
+// CommonJs
 const fastify = require('fastify')({
   logger: true
 })
@@ -89,6 +102,26 @@ As with JavaScript, where everything is an object, with Fastify everything is a
 Before digging into it, let's see how it works!<br>
 Let's declare our basic server, but instead of declaring the route inside the entry point, we'll declare it in an external file (check out the [route declaration](Routes.md) docs).
 ```js
+// ESM
+import Fastify from 'fastify'
+import firstRoute from './our-first-route'
+const fastify = Fastify({
+  logger: true
+})
+
+fastify.register(firstRoute)
+
+fastify.listen(3000, function (err, address) {
+  if (err) {
+    fastify.log.error(err)
+    process.exit(1)
+  }
+  // Server is now listening on ${address}
+})
+```
+
+```js
+// CommonJs
 const fastify = require('fastify')({
   logger: true
 })
@@ -100,7 +133,7 @@ fastify.listen(3000, function (err, address) {
     fastify.log.error(err)
     process.exit(1)
   }
-  fastify.log.info(`server listening on ${address}`)
+  // Server is now listening on ${address}
 })
 ```
 
@@ -132,6 +165,28 @@ npm i --save fastify-plugin fastify-mongodb
 
 **server.js**
 ```js
+// ESM
+import Fastify from 'fastify'
+import dbConnector from './our-db-connector'
+import firstRoute from './our-first-route'
+
+const fastify = Fastify({
+  logger: true
+})
+fastify.register(dbConnector)
+fastify.register(firstRoute)
+
+fastify.listen(3000, function (err, address) {
+  if (err) {
+    fastify.log.error(err)
+    process.exit(1)
+  }
+  // Server is now listening on ${address}
+})
+```
+
+```js
+// CommonJs
 const fastify = require('fastify')({
   logger: true
 })
@@ -144,13 +199,31 @@ fastify.listen(3000, function (err, address) {
     fastify.log.error(err)
     process.exit(1)
   }
-  fastify.log.info(`server listening on ${address}`)
+  // Server is now listening on ${address}
 })
 
 ```
 
 **our-db-connector.js**
 ```js
+// ESM
+import fastifyPlugin from 'fastify-plugin'
+import fastifyMongo from 'fastify-mongodb'
+
+async function dbConnector (fastify, options) {
+  fastify.register(fastifyMongo, {
+    url: 'mongodb://localhost:27017/test_database'
+  })
+}
+
+// Wrapping a plugin function with fastify-plugin exposes the decorators	
+// and hooks, declared inside the plugin to the parent scope.
+module.exports = fastifyPlugin(dbConnector)
+
+```
+
+```js
+// CommonJs
 const fastifyPlugin = require('fastify-plugin')
 
 async function dbConnector (fastify, options) {