diff --git a/docs/advanced_topics/api/v2/configuration.rst b/docs/advanced_topics/api/v2/configuration.rst
index ae02abcdb..64a3cea9d 100644
--- a/docs/advanced_topics/api/v2/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/advanced_topics/api/v2/configuration.rst
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ Next, register the URLs so Django can route requests into the API:
         url(r'^api/v2/', api_router.urls),
 
         ...
+
+        # Ensure that the api_router line appears above the default Wagtail page serving route
+        url(r'', include(wagtail_urls)),
     ]
 
 With this configuration, pages will be available at ``/api/v2/pages/``, images
diff --git a/docs/advanced_topics/images/image_serve_view.rst b/docs/advanced_topics/images/image_serve_view.rst
index 854b34b80..d7fd0c6eb 100644
--- a/docs/advanced_topics/images/image_serve_view.rst
+++ b/docs/advanced_topics/images/image_serve_view.rst
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ Add an entry for the view into your URLs configuration:
         ...
 
         url(r'^images/([^/]*)/(\d*)/([^/]*)/[^/]*$', ServeView.as_view(), name='wagtailimages_serve'),
+
+        ...
+
+        # Ensure that the wagtailimages_serve line appears above the default Wagtail page serving route
+        url(r'', include(wagtail_urls)),
     ]
 
 Usage
diff --git a/docs/reference/contrib/api/installation.rst b/docs/reference/contrib/api/installation.rst
index f2bfe3f21..8dbfdd498 100644
--- a/docs/reference/contrib/api/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/reference/contrib/api/installation.rst
@@ -20,5 +20,11 @@ To install, add ``wagtail.contrib.wagtailapi`` and ``rest_framework`` to ``INSTA
 
     urlpatterns = [
         ...
+
         url(r'^api/', include(wagtailapi_urls)),
+
+        ...
+
+        # Ensure that the wagtailapi_urls line appears above the default Wagtail page serving route
+        url(r'', include(wagtail_urls)),
     ]
diff --git a/docs/reference/contrib/sitemaps.rst b/docs/reference/contrib/sitemaps.rst
index 40e330fd0..83baeee7a 100644
--- a/docs/reference/contrib/sitemaps.rst
+++ b/docs/reference/contrib/sitemaps.rst
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ Then, in ``urls.py``, you need to add a link to the ``wagtail.contrib.wagtailsit
         ...
 
         url('^sitemap\.xml$', sitemap),
+
+        ...
+
+        # Ensure that the 'sitemap' line appears above the default Wagtail page serving route
+        url(r'', include(wagtail_urls)),
     ]
 
 
diff --git a/wagtail/project_template/project_name/urls.py b/wagtail/project_template/project_name/urls.py
index df3f5bbe5..19c40f0e0 100644
--- a/wagtail/project_template/project_name/urls.py
+++ b/wagtail/project_template/project_name/urls.py
@@ -17,7 +17,14 @@ urlpatterns = [
 
     url(r'^search/$', search_views.search, name='search'),
 
+    # For anything not caught by a more specific rule above, hand over to
+    # Wagtail's page serving mechanism. This should be the last pattern in
+    # the list:
     url(r'', include(wagtail_urls)),
+
+    # Alternatively, if you want Wagtail pages to be served from a subpath
+    # of your site, rather than the site root:
+    #    url(r'^pages/', include(wagtail_urls)),
 ]