diff --git a/docs/en/essentials/getting-started.md b/docs/en/essentials/getting-started.md
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--- a/docs/en/essentials/getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/en/essentials/getting-started.md
@@ -65,6 +65,29 @@ const app = new Vue({
 // Now the app has started!
 ```
 
-You can also check out this example [live](https://jsfiddle.net/yyx990803/xgrjzsup/).
+By injecting the router, we get access to it as `this.$router` as well as the current route as `this.$route` inside of any component:
+
+```js
+// Home.vue
+export default {
+  computed: {
+    username () {
+      // We will see what `params` is shortly
+      return this.$route.params.username
+    }
+  },
+  methods: {
+    goBack () {
+      window.history.length > 1
+        ? this.$router.go(-1)
+        : this.$router.push('/')
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Throughout the docs, we will often use the `router` instance. Keep in mind that `this.$router` is exactly the same as using `router`. The reason we use `this.$router` is because we don't want to import the router in every single component that needs to manipulate routing.
+
+You can also check out this example [live](http://jsfiddle.net/yyx990803/xgrjzsup/).
 
 Notice that a `<router-link>` automatically gets the `.router-link-active` class when its target route is matched. You can learn more about it in its [API reference](../api/router-link.md).