diff --git a/docs/fabric-native-components-android.md b/docs/fabric-native-components-android.md
index 85088661d6f..1c72c1b3f91 100644
--- a/docs/fabric-native-components-android.md
+++ b/docs/fabric-native-components-android.md
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ package com.webview;
 
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
+import android.view.ViewGroup;
 import android.webkit.WebView;
 import android.webkit.WebViewClient;
 
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableMap;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContext;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.UIManagerHelper;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.Event;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.EventDispatcher;
 
 public class ReactWebView extends WebView {
   public ReactWebView(Context context) {
@@ -64,7 +66,8 @@ public class ReactWebView extends WebView {
   }
 
   private void configureComponent() {
-    this.setLayoutParams(new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT));
+    this.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
+    this.setLayoutParams(new ViewGroup.LayoutParams(ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT));
     this.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {
       @Override
       public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url) {
@@ -74,7 +77,7 @@ public class ReactWebView extends WebView {
   }
 
   public void emitOnScriptLoaded(OnScriptLoadedEventResult result) {
-    ReactContext reactContext = (ReactContext) context;
+    ReactContext reactContext = (ReactContext) getContext();
     int surfaceId = UIManagerHelper.getSurfaceId(reactContext);
     EventDispatcher eventDispatcher = UIManagerHelper.getEventDispatcherForReactTag(reactContext, getId());
     WritableMap payload = Arguments.createMap();
@@ -142,6 +145,7 @@ class ReactWebView: WebView {
   }
 
   private fun configureComponent() {
+    this.settings.javaScriptEnabled = true
     this.layoutParams = LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT)
     this.webViewClient = object : WebViewClient() {
       override fun onPageFinished(view: WebView, url: String) {
@@ -187,6 +191,8 @@ The `ReactWebView` extends the Android `WebView` so you can reuse all the proper
 
 The class defines the three Android constructors but defers their actual implementation to the private `configureComponent` function. This function takes care of initializing all the components specific properties: in this case you are setting the layout of the `WebView` and you are defining the `WebClient` that you use to customize the behavior of the `WebView`. In this code, the `ReactWebView` emits an event when the page finishes loading, by implementing the `WebClient`'s `onPageFinished` method.
 
+`configureComponent` also enables JavaScript. The Android `WebView` [disables it by default](<https://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/WebSettings#setJavaScriptEnabled(boolean)>). The `WKWebView` used on iOS enables it. Without this line, the same component would run web content differently on the two platforms. Only enable JavaScript for content you trust.
+
 The code then defines a helper function to actually emit an event. To emit an event, you have to:
 
 - grab a reference to the `ReactContext`;