diff --git a/docs/guides/ecosystem/ssr-react.md b/docs/guides/ecosystem/ssr-react.md
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@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 name: Server-side render (SSR) a React component
 ---
 
+To get started, install the canary version of `react` & `react-dom`:
+
+```sh
+# Any package manager can be used
+$ bun add react@canary react-dom@canary
+```
+
+---
+
 To render a React component to an HTML stream server-side (SSR):
 
 ```tsx
@@ -39,4 +48,8 @@ Bun.serve({
 
 ---
 
-React `18.3` and later includes an [SSR optimization](https://github.com/facebook/react/pull/25597) that takes advantage of Bun's "direct" `ReadableStream` implementation.
+React `19` and later includes an [SSR optimization](https://github.com/facebook/react/pull/25597) that takes advantage of Bun's "direct" `ReadableStream` implementation.
+
+---
+
+If you run into an error like `export named 'renderToReadableStream' not found`, please make sure to install the canary version of `react` & `react-dom`, or import from `react-dom/server.browser` instead of `react-dom/server`. See [facebook/react#28941](https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/28941) for more information.