diff --git a/docs/applications.md b/docs/applications.md
index aac8592e..0092a3b4 100644
--- a/docs/applications.md
+++ b/docs/applications.md
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ app.mount('/static', StaticFiles(directory="static"))
 def homepage(request):
     return PlainTextResponse('Hello, world!')
 
+@app.route('/user/me')
+def user_me(request):
+    username = "John Doe"
+    return PlainTextResponse('Hello, %s!' % username)
 
 @app.route('/user/{username}')
 def user(request):
diff --git a/docs/routing.md b/docs/routing.md
index 8464a085..6d640ddb 100644
--- a/docs/routing.md
+++ b/docs/routing.md
@@ -43,3 +43,23 @@ app = Router([
 
 The router will respond with "404 Not found" or "405 Method not allowed"
 responses for requests which do not match.
+
+Incoming paths are matched against each `Route` in order.
+
+If you need to have a `Route` with a fixed path that would also match a
+`Route` with parameters you should add the `Route` with the fixed path first.
+
+For example, with an additional `Route` like:
+
+```python
+Route('/users/me', endpoint=UserMe, methods=['GET'])
+```
+
+You should add that route for `/users/me` before the one for `/users/{username}`:
+
+```python
+app = Router([
+    Route('/users/me', endpoint=UserMe, methods=['GET']),
+    Route('/{username}', endpoint=User, methods=['GET']),
+])
+```
diff --git a/tests/test_routing.py b/tests/test_routing.py
index 8df5a039..712b796e 100644
--- a/tests/test_routing.py
+++ b/tests/test_routing.py
@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ def user(request):
     return Response(content, media_type="text/plain")
 
 
+def user_me(request):
+    content = "User fixed me"
+    return Response(content, media_type="text/plain")
+
+
+def user_no_match(request):  # pragma: no cover
+    content = "User fixed no match"
+    return Response(content, media_type="text/plain")
+
+
 def staticfiles(request):
     return Response("xxxxx", media_type="image/png")
 
@@ -29,7 +39,12 @@ app = Router(
         Mount(
             "/users",
             app=Router(
-                [Route("/", endpoint=users), Route("/{username}", endpoint=user)]
+                [
+                    Route("/", endpoint=users),
+                    Route("/me", endpoint=user_me),
+                    Route("/{username}", endpoint=user),
+                    Route("/nomatch", endpoint=user_no_match),
+                ]
             ),
         ),
         Mount("/static", app=staticfiles),
@@ -103,6 +118,14 @@ def test_router():
     assert response.status_code == 200
     assert response.text == "User tomchristie"
 
+    response = client.get("/users/me")
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.text == "User fixed me"
+
+    response = client.get("/users/nomatch")
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.text == "User nomatch"
+
     response = client.get("/static/123")
     assert response.status_code == 200
     assert response.text == "xxxxx"