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diff --git a/doc/api/config.md b/doc/api/config.md
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Default: None | Type: Callable
 
 ### `autoreload`
 
-Whether to autoreload server when script changes.
+Whether to autoreload the page whenever the script or one of its dependencies changes.
 
 Default: False | Type: Boolean
 

diff --git a/doc/getting_started/core_concepts.md b/doc/getting_started/core_concepts.md
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ Once you run that command Panel will launch a server that will serve your app, o
 
 <img src="https://assets.holoviz.org/panel/gifs/vscode_autoreload.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"></img>
 
+```{note}
+We recommend installing `watchfiles`, which will provide a significantly better user experience when using `--autoreload`.
+```
+
 > Checkout [How-to > Prepare to develop](../how_to/prepare_to_develop.md) for more guidance on each of the development environment options.
 ## Control flow
 

diff --git a/doc/how_to/server/commandline.md b/doc/how_to/server/commandline.md
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@ or even serve a number of apps at once:
 
 For development it can be particularly helpful to use the ``--autoreload`` option to `panel serve` as that will automatically reload the page whenever the application code or any of its imports change.
 
-The ``panel serve`` command has the following options:
+```{note}
+We recommend installing `watchfiles`, which will provide a significantly better user experience when using `--autoreload`.
+```
 
+The ``panel serve`` command has the following options:
 
 ``` console
 positional arguments: