diff --git a/docs/src/pages/styles/basics/basics.md b/docs/src/pages/styles/basics/basics.md
index 4d238203303908..1c9488f51cc23a 100644
--- a/docs/src/pages/styles/basics/basics.md
+++ b/docs/src/pages/styles/basics/basics.md
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ Material-UI's styling solution is inspired by many other styling libraries such
 
 ## Installation
 
+> `@material-ui/styles` is re-exported as `@material-ui/core/styles` - you only need to install it if you wish to use it independently from Material-UI.
+
 To install and save in your `package.json` dependencies, run:
 
 ```sh