diff --git a/docs/deploy.md b/docs/deploy.md
index 573d396e77..a806b82a1d 100644
--- a/docs/deploy.md
+++ b/docs/deploy.md
@@ -58,14 +58,14 @@ Your `firebase.json` file should look similar to this (I changed the deployment
 
 Once finished, build the starting template by running `docsify init ./site` (replacing site with the deployment directory you determined when running `firebase init` - public by default). Add/edit the documentation, then run `firebase deploy` from the root project directory.
 
-## VPS
+## Nginx
 
-Use the following nginx config.
+Use the following Nginx configuration.
 
 ```nginx
 server {
   listen 80;
-  server_name  your.domain.com;
+  server_name your.domain.com;
 
   location / {
     alias /path/to/dir/of/docs/;
@@ -74,6 +74,22 @@ server {
 }
 ```
 
+If [`routerMode`](configuration.md#routermode) is set to `history`, use this configuration instead:
+
+```nginx
+server {
+  listen 80;
+  server_name your.domain.com;
+
+  root /path/to/dir/of/docs;
+  index index.html;
+
+  location / {
+    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
+  }
+}
+```
+
 ## Netlify
 
 1.  Login to your [Netlify](https://www.netlify.com/) account.
diff --git a/src/core/router/history/html5.js b/src/core/router/history/html5.js
index 9903e46986..48729b57f5 100644
--- a/src/core/router/history/html5.js
+++ b/src/core/router/history/html5.js
@@ -63,4 +63,6 @@ export class HTML5History extends History {
       response: {},
     };
   }
+
+  normalize() {}
 }