diff --git a/packages/react-dev-utils/ignoredFiles.js b/packages/react-dev-utils/ignoredFiles.js
index 50348ea6bdd..73a6e8bc5cf 100644
--- a/packages/react-dev-utils/ignoredFiles.js
+++ b/packages/react-dev-utils/ignoredFiles.js
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const path = require('path');
+const escape = require('escape-string-regexp');
 
 module.exports = function ignoredFiles(appSrc) {
   return new RegExp(
-    `^(?!${path
-      .normalize(appSrc + '/')
-      .replace(/[\\]+/g, '/')}).+/node_modules/`,
+    `^(?!${escape(
+      path.normalize(appSrc + '/').replace(/[\\]+/g, '/')
+    )}).+/node_modules/`,
     'g'
   );
 };
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/template/README.md b/packages/react-scripts/template/README.md
index cbb57d8cdc2..95cf966a643 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/template/README.md
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/template/README.md
@@ -890,10 +890,10 @@ life of the shell session.
 #### Windows (cmd.exe)
 
 ```cmd
-set REACT_APP_SECRET_CODE=abcdef&&npm start
+set "REACT_APP_SECRET_CODE=abcdef" && npm start
 ```
 
-(Note: the lack of whitespace is intentional.)
+(Note: Quotes around the variable assignment are required to avoid a trailing whitespace.)
 
 #### Linux, macOS (Bash)
 
@@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@ it('renders without crashing', () => {
 });
 ```
 
-This test mounts a component and makes sure that it didn’t throw during rendering. Tests like this provide a lot value with very little effort so they are great as a starting point, and this is the test you will find in `src/App.test.js`.
+This test mounts a component and makes sure that it didn’t throw during rendering. Tests like this provide a lot of value with very little effort so they are great as a starting point, and this is the test you will find in `src/App.test.js`.
 
 When you encounter bugs caused by changing components, you will gain a deeper insight into which parts of them are worth testing in your application. This might be a good time to introduce more specific tests asserting specific expected output or behavior.
 
@@ -2131,7 +2131,7 @@ In this case, ensure that the file is there with the proper lettercase and that
 **To do a manual deploy to Netlify’s CDN:**
 
 ```sh
-npm install netlify-cli
+npm install netlify-cli -g
 netlify deploy
 ```