diff --git a/js-packages/tsconfig/README.md b/js-packages/tsconfig/README.md
index f65d2ab35..1416fac50 100644
--- a/js-packages/tsconfig/README.md
+++ b/js-packages/tsconfig/README.md
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ A baseline `tsconfig.json` is provided below that you can modify as needed. This
 {
   // Use Flarum's tsconfig as a starting point
   "extends": "flarum-tsconfig",
-  // This will match all .ts, .tsx, .d.ts, .js, .jsx files
-  "include": ["src/**/*"],
+  // This will match all .ts, .tsx, .d.ts, .js, .jsx files in your `src` folder
+  // and also tells your Typescript server to read core's global typings for
+  // access to `dayjs` and `$` in the global namespace.
+  "include": ["src/**/*", "../vendor/flarum/core/js/dist-typings/@types/**/*"],
   "compilerOptions": {
     // This will output typings to `dist-typings`
     "declarationDir": "./dist-typings",