diff --git a/npm-shrinkwrap.readme.md b/npm-shrinkwrap.readme.md
index fc3a19c7f9..f62f246a81 100644
--- a/npm-shrinkwrap.readme.md
+++ b/npm-shrinkwrap.readme.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ To add a new dependency do the following:
 1. if you are on linux or windows, then use MacOS or ask someone with MacOS to perform the installation. This is due to an optional `fsevents` dependency that is really required on MacOS to get good performance from file watching.
 2. make sure you are in sync with `upstream/master`
 3. ensure that your `node_modules` directory is not stale or poisoned by doing a clean install with `rm -rf node_modules && npm install`
-4. add a new dependency via `npm install -D <packagename>`
+4. add a new dependency via `npm install --save-dev <packagename>`
 5. update npm-shrinkwrap.json with `npm shrinkwrap --dev`
 6. run `./tools/npm/clean-shrinkwrap.js`
 7. these steps should change 3 files: `package.json`, `npm-shrinkwrap.json` and `npm-shrinkwrap.clean.json`
@@ -29,9 +29,20 @@ To update existing dependency do the following:
 1. if you are on linux or windows, then use MacOS or ask someone with MacOS to perform the installation. This is due to an optional `fsevents` dependency that is really required on MacOS to get good performance from file watching.
 2. make sure you are in sync with `upstream/master`: `git fetch upstream && git rebase upstream/master`
 3. ensure that your `node_modules` directory is not stale or poisoned by doing a clean install with `rm -rf node_modules && npm install`
-4. run `npm install -D <packagename>@<version|latest>` or `npm update <packagename>` to update to the latest version that matches version constraint in `package.json`
+4. run `npm install --save-dev <packagename>@<version|latest>` or `npm update <packagename>` to update to the latest version that matches version constraint in `package.json`
 5. relock the dependencies with `npm shrinkwrap --dev`
 6. clean up the shrinkwrap file for review with `./tools/npm/clean-shrinkwrap.js`
 7. these steps should change 2 files: `npm-shrinkwrap.json` and `npm-shrinkwrap.clean.json`. Optionally if you used `npm install ...` in the first step, `package.json` might be modified as well
 8. commit changes to these three files and you are done
 
+
+To Remove an existing dependency do the following:
+
+1. if you are on linux or windows, then use MacOS or ask someone with MacOS to perform the installation. This is due to an optional `fsevents` dependency that is really required on MacOS to get good performance from file watching.
+2. make sure you are in sync with `upstream/master`: `git fetch upstream && git rebase upstream/master`
+3. ensure that your `node_modules` directory is not stale or poisoned by doing a clean install with `rm -rf node_modules && npm install`
+4. run `npm uninstall --save-dev <packagename>@<version|latest>`
+5. relock the dependencies with `npm shrinkwrap --dev`
+6. clean up the shrinkwrap file for review with `./tools/npm/clean-shrinkwrap.js`
+7. these steps should change 3 files: `npm-shrinkwrap.json` and `npm-shrinkwrap.clean.json`.
+8. commit changes to these three files and you are done