diff --git a/packages/gatsby-plugin-offline/README.md b/packages/gatsby-plugin-offline/README.md
index 4905a9d833843..f95f5561bd45f 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-plugin-offline/README.md
+++ b/packages/gatsby-plugin-offline/README.md
@@ -146,9 +146,10 @@ const options = {
       handler: `CacheFirst`,
     },
     {
-      // page-data.json files are not content hashed
-      urlPattern: /^https?:.*\page-data\/.*\/page-data\.json/,
-      handler: `NetworkFirst`,
+      // page-data.json files, static query results and app-data.json
+      // are not content hashed
+      urlPattern: /^https?:.*\/page-data\/.*\.json/,
+      handler: `StaleWhileRevalidate`,
     },
     {
       // Add runtime caching of various other page resources