diff --git a/docs/en/essentials/getting-started.md b/docs/en/essentials/getting-started.md
index 6ec89648d..2b09c0c59 100644
--- a/docs/en/essentials/getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/en/essentials/getting-started.md
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ const Bar = { template: '<div>bar</div>' }
 // 2. Define some routes
 // Each route should map to a component. The "component" can
 // either be an actual component constructor created via
-// Vue.extend(), or just a component options object.
+// Vue.extend(), a component id string registered via Vue.component(),
+// or just a component options object.
 // We'll talk about nested routes later.
 const routes = [
   { path: '/foo', component: Foo },