diff --git a/docs/developing-locally.rst b/docs/developing-locally.rst
index 23bb7b9a..77c8a520 100644
--- a/docs/developing-locally.rst
+++ b/docs/developing-locally.rst
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ First things first.
 
 or if you're running asynchronously: ::
 
-    $ uvicorn config.asgi:application --host 0.0.0.0 --reload
+    $ uvicorn config.asgi:application --host 0.0.0.0 --reload --reload-include '*.html'
 
 .. _PostgreSQL: https://www.postgresql.org/download/
 .. _Redis: https://redis.io/download
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/start b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/start
index 9cbb6c89..3fe54735 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/start
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/start
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ set -o nounset
 
 python manage.py migrate
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_async == 'y' %}
-uvicorn config.asgi:application --host 0.0.0.0 --reload
+uvicorn config.asgi:application --host 0.0.0.0 --reload --reload-include '*.html'
 {%- else %}
 python manage.py runserver_plus 0.0.0.0:8000
 {%- endif %}