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@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ npm i puppeteer
 # or "yarn add puppeteer"
 ```
 
-Note: When you install Puppeteer, it downloads a recent version of Chromium (~170MB Mac, ~282MB Linux, ~280MB Win) that is guaranteed to work with the API. To skip the download, or to download a different browser, see [Environment variables](https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/blob/v10.0.0/docs/api.md#environment-variables).
+Note: When you install Puppeteer, it downloads a recent version of Chromium (~170MB Mac, ~282MB Linux, ~280MB Win) that is guaranteed to work with the API. To skip the download, download into another path, or download a different browser, see [Environment variables](https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/blob/v10.0.0/docs/api.md#environment-variables).
 
 ### puppeteer-core
 
@@ -440,6 +440,27 @@ You may find that Puppeteer does not behave as expected when controlling pages t
 
 We have a [troubleshooting](https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/blob/main/docs/troubleshooting.md) guide for various operating systems that lists the required dependencies.
 
+#### Q: Chromium gets downloaded on every `npm ci` run. How can I cache the download?
+
+The default download path is `node_modules/puppeteer/.local-chromium`. However, you can change that path with the `PUPPETTER_DOWNLOAD_PATH` environment variable.
+
+Puppeteer uses that variable to resolve the Chromium executable location during launch, so you don’t need to specify `PUPPETEER_EXECUTABLE_PATH` as well.
+
+For example, if you wish to keep the Chromium download in `~/.npm/chromium`:
+
+```sh
+export PUPPETEER_DOWNLOAD_PATH=~/.npm/chromium
+npm ci
+
+# by default the Chromium executable path is inferred
+# from the download path
+npm test
+
+# a new run of npm ci will check for the existence of
+# Chromium in ~/.npm/chromium
+npm ci
+```
+
 #### Q: How do I try/test a prerelease version of Puppeteer?
 
 You can check out this repo or install the latest prerelease from npm: