diff --git a/packages/firebase/README.md b/packages/firebase/README.md
index f6ab8d89a84..e4a94391d0d 100644
--- a/packages/firebase/README.md
+++ b/packages/firebase/README.md
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ var app = firebase.initializeApp({ ... });
 If you are using ES6 imports or TypeScript:
 
 ```
-import firebase from 'firebase';
+import * as firebase from 'firebase';
 var app = firebase.initializeApp({ ... });
 ```
 
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ services you use:
 
 ```
 // This import loads the firebase namespace along with all its type information.
-import firebase from 'firebase/app';
+import * as firebase from 'firebase/app';
 
 // These imports load individual services into the firebase namespace.
 import 'firebase/auth';
@@ -173,6 +173,19 @@ var app = firebase.initializeApp({ ... });
 // ...
 ```
 
+If you are using native ES6 module with --experimental-modules flag, you should do:
+```
+// This import loads the firebase namespace.
+import firebase from 'firebase/app';
+
+// These imports load individual services into the firebase namespace.
+import 'firebase/auth';
+import 'firebase/database';
+```
+
+_Known issue for typescript users with --experimental-modules: you have to set allowSyntheticDefaultImports to true in tsconfig.json to pass the type check. Use it with caution since it makes the assumption that all modules have a default export, which might not be the case for the other dependencies you have. And Your code will break if you try to import the default export from a module that doesn't have default export._
+
+
 Firebase Storage is not included in the server side Firebase npm module.
 Instead, you can use the
 [`google-cloud` Node.js client](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-node).
diff --git a/packages/firebase/src/index.ts b/packages/firebase/src/index.ts
index cbd360fe4e8..85449fe3de9 100644
--- a/packages/firebase/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/firebase/src/index.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ require('firebase/<PACKAGE>');
 ES Modules:
 import firebase from 'firebase/app';
 import 'firebase/<PACKAGE>';
+
+Typescript:
+import * as firebase from 'firebase/app';
+import 'firebase/<PACKAGE>';
 `);
 
 import firebase from '../app';