diff --git a/.changeset/wicked-forks-sleep.md b/.changeset/wicked-forks-sleep.md
index 2c1ba76a27..985d184f75 100644
--- a/.changeset/wicked-forks-sleep.md
+++ b/.changeset/wicked-forks-sleep.md
@@ -3,4 +3,11 @@
 '@backstage/create-app': minor
 ---
 
-Upgrading the lerna@4.0.0
+Upgrading to lerna@4.0.0. This changes the interface for importing, and because we can't run multiple versions of lerna, this is a breaking change.
+
+You'll need to update your root `package.json` like the following:
+
+```diff
+-     "lerna": "^3.20.2",
++     "lerna": "^4.0.0",
+```