diff --git a/frontend/encore/typescript.rst b/frontend/encore/typescript.rst
index fbd0b616c86..1ecd101a061 100644
--- a/frontend/encore/typescript.rst
+++ b/frontend/encore/typescript.rst
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ Want to use `TypeScript`_? No problem! First, enable it:
     +     //.enableForkedTypeScriptTypesChecking()
       ;
 
+Then add a `tsconfig.json` file with the contents `{}` to the project folder,
+or in the folder where your TypeScript files are located, like the `/assets`
+folder. In `tsconfig.json` you can define more options on how to process
+TypeScript, but defining no additional options will already work.
+
 Then restart Encore. When you do, it will give you a command you can run to
 install any missing dependencies. After running that command and restarting
 Encore, you're done!