diff --git a/docs/using/recipes.md b/docs/using/recipes.md
index fa3b19d0..ff08296c 100644
--- a/docs/using/recipes.md
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@@ -288,3 +288,20 @@ For jupyter classic:
 ```
 docker run jupyter/base-notebook:6d2a05346196 start.sh jupyter notebook --NotebookApp.token=''
 ```
+
+## Enable nbextension spellchecker for markdown (or any other nbextension)
+
+NB: this works for classic notebooks only
+```
+# Update with your base image of choice
+FROM jupyter/minimal-notebook:latest
+
+USER $NB_USER
+
+RUN pip install jupyter_contrib_nbextensions && \
+    jupyter contrib nbextension install --user && \
+    # can modify or enable additional extensions here
+    jupyter nbextension enable spellchecker/main --user
+```
+
+Ref: [https://github.com/jupyter/docker-stacks/issues/675](https://github.com/jupyter/docker-stacks/issues/675)