diff --git a/.changeset/smart-dingos-raise.md b/.changeset/smart-dingos-raise.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ea3b0ec82e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/smart-dingos-raise.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend': minor
+---
+
+Renamed the export `scaffolderCatalogModule` to `catalogModuleTemplateKind` in order to follow the new recommended naming patterns of backend system items. This is technically a breaking change but in an alpha export, so take care to change your imports if you have already migrated to the new backend system.
diff --git a/docs/backend-system/building-backends/01-index.md b/docs/backend-system/building-backends/01-index.md
index e1f8f87964..f810417ed7 100644
--- a/docs/backend-system/building-backends/01-index.md
+++ b/docs/backend-system/building-backends/01-index.md
@@ -21,14 +21,16 @@ When you create a new project with `@backstage/create-app`, you'll get a backend
 import { createBackend } from '@backstage/backend-defaults';
 import { appPlugin } from '@backstage/plugin-app-backend';
 import { catalogPlugin } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend';
-import { scaffolderCatalogModule } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend';
-import { scaffolderPlugin } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend';
+import {
+  scaffolderPlugin,
+  catalogModuleTemplateKind,
+} from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend';
 
 const backend = createBackend();
 
 backend.add(appPlugin());
 backend.add(catalogPlugin());
-backend.add(scaffolderCatalogModule());
+backend.add(catalogModuleTemplateKind());
 backend.add(scaffolderPlugin());
 
 backend.start();
@@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ const backend = createBackend();
 
 backend.add(appPlugin());
 backend.add(catalogPlugin());
-backend.add(scaffolderCatalogModule());
+backend.add(catalogModuleTemplateKind());
 backend.start();
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/backend-system/building-backends/08-migrating.md b/docs/backend-system/building-backends/08-migrating.md
index 71e5b52c24..6e0b84b10f 100644
--- a/docs/backend-system/building-backends/08-migrating.md
+++ b/docs/backend-system/building-backends/08-migrating.md
@@ -240,11 +240,11 @@ A basic installation of the catalog plugin looks as follows.
 ```diff
  // packages/backend/src/index.ts
 +import { catalogPlugin } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend';
-+import { scaffolderCatalogModule } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend';
++import { catalogModuleTemplateKind } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend';
 
  const backend = createBackend();
 +backend.add(catalogPlugin());
-+backend.add(scaffolderCatalogModule());
++backend.add(catalogModuleTemplateKind());
 ```
 
 Note that this also installs a module from the scaffolder, namely the one which
@@ -265,9 +265,9 @@ depends on the appropriate extension point and interacts with it.
 +import { catalogProcessingExtensionPoint } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node';
 +import { createBackendModule } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 
-+const catalogExtensionsModule = createBackendModule({
-+  pluginId: 'catalog',    // name of the plugin that the module is targeting
-+  moduleId: 'extensions', // you can choose this one freely
++const catalogModuleCustomExtensions = createBackendModule({
++  pluginId: 'catalog',  // name of the plugin that the module is targeting
++  moduleId: 'customExtensions',
 +  register(env) {
 +    env.registerInit({
 +      deps: {
@@ -286,8 +286,8 @@ depends on the appropriate extension point and interacts with it.
 
  const backend = createBackend();
  backend.add(catalogPlugin());
- backend.add(scaffolderCatalogModule());
-+backend.add(catalogExtensionsModule());
+ backend.add(catalogModuleTemplateKind());
++backend.add(catalogModuleCustomExtensions());
 ```
 
 This also requires that you have a dependency on the corresponding node package,
@@ -330,9 +330,9 @@ depends on the appropriate extension point and interacts with it.
 +import { eventsExtensionPoint } from '@backstage/plugin-events-node';
 +import { createBackendModule } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 
-+const eventsExtensionsModule = createBackendModule({
-+  pluginId: 'events',     // name of the plugin that the module is targeting
-+  moduleId: 'extensions', // you can choose this one freely
++const eventsModuleCustomExtensions = createBackendModule({
++  pluginId: 'events',  // name of the plugin that the module is targeting
++  moduleId: 'customExtensions',
 +  register(env) {
 +    env.registerInit({
 +      deps: {
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ depends on the appropriate extension point and interacts with it.
 
  const backend = createBackend();
  backend.add(eventsPlugin());
-+backend.add(eventsExtensionsModule());
++backend.add(eventsModuleCustomExtensions());
 ```
 
 This also requires that you have a dependency on the corresponding node package,
@@ -393,9 +393,9 @@ depends on the appropriate extension point and interacts with it.
 +import { scaffolderActionsExtensionPoint } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
 +import { createBackendModule } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 
-+const scaffolderExtensionsModule = createBackendModule({
-+  pluginId: 'scaffolder', // name of the plugin that the module is targeting
-+  moduleId: 'extensions', // you can choose this one freely
++const scaffolderModuleCustomExtensions = createBackendModule({
++  pluginId: 'scaffolder',  // name of the plugin that the module is targeting
++  moduleId: 'customExtensions',
 +  register(env) {
 +    env.registerInit({
 +      deps: {
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ depends on the appropriate extension point and interacts with it.
 
  const backend = createBackend();
  backend.add(scaffolderPlugin());
-+backend.add(scaffolderExtensionsModule());
++backend.add(scaffolderModuleCustomExtensions());
 ```
 
 This also requires that you have a dependency on the corresponding node package,
diff --git a/packages/backend-next/src/index.ts b/packages/backend-next/src/index.ts
index 8196b28452..97b6eaf32b 100644
--- a/packages/backend-next/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-next/src/index.ts
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@
  */
 
 import { catalogPlugin } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend';
-import { scaffolderCatalogModule } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend';
+import { catalogModuleTemplateKind } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend';
 import { createBackend } from '@backstage/backend-defaults';
 import { appPlugin } from '@backstage/plugin-app-backend';
 
 const backend = createBackend();
 
 backend.add(catalogPlugin());
-backend.add(scaffolderCatalogModule());
+backend.add(catalogModuleTemplateKind());
 backend.add(appPlugin({ appPackageName: 'example-app' }));
 backend.start();
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/api-report.md b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/api-report.md
index 22cc0cae20..0d745862a1 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/api-report.md
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ import { Writable } from 'stream';
 // @public @deprecated (undocumented)
 export type ActionContext<TInput extends JsonObject> = ActionContext_2<TInput>;
 
+// @alpha
+export const catalogModuleTemplateKind: () => BackendFeature;
+
 // @public
 export const createBuiltinActions: (
   options: CreateBuiltInActionsOptions,
@@ -649,9 +652,6 @@ export type RunCommandOptions = {
   logStream?: Writable;
 };
 
-// @alpha
-export const scaffolderCatalogModule: () => BackendFeature;
-
 // @public (undocumented)
 export class ScaffolderEntitiesProcessor implements CatalogProcessor {
   // (undocumented)
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/index.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/index.ts
index eb7a831bd0..ba69a55a24 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/index.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export * from './scaffolder';
 export * from './service/router';
 export * from './lib';
 export * from './processor';
-export * from './extension';
+export * from './modules';
 export { scaffolderPlugin } from './ScaffolderPlugin';
 export type { ScaffolderPluginOptions } from './ScaffolderPlugin';
 
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/extension/ScaffolderCatalogModule.test.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/modules/catalogModuleTemplateKind.test.ts
similarity index 87%
rename from plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/extension/ScaffolderCatalogModule.test.ts
rename to plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/modules/catalogModuleTemplateKind.test.ts
index 7d8c3cc140..7652f60386 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/extension/ScaffolderCatalogModule.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/modules/catalogModuleTemplateKind.test.ts
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@
 
 import { catalogProcessingExtensionPoint } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node';
 import { ScaffolderEntitiesProcessor } from '../processor';
-import { scaffolderCatalogModule } from './ScaffolderCatalogModule';
+import { catalogModuleTemplateKind } from './catalogModuleTemplateKind';
 import { startTestBackend } from '@backstage/backend-test-utils';
 
-describe('ScaffolderCatalogModule', () => {
+describe('catalogModuleTemplateKind', () => {
   it('should register the extension point', async () => {
     const extensionPoint = { addProcessor: jest.fn() };
     await startTestBackend({
       extensionPoints: [[catalogProcessingExtensionPoint, extensionPoint]],
-      features: [scaffolderCatalogModule()],
+      features: [catalogModuleTemplateKind()],
     });
 
     expect(extensionPoint.addProcessor).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/extension/ScaffolderCatalogModule.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/modules/catalogModuleTemplateKind.ts
similarity index 86%
rename from plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/extension/ScaffolderCatalogModule.ts
rename to plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/modules/catalogModuleTemplateKind.ts
index 4e9b6f75c9..622e5a003a 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/extension/ScaffolderCatalogModule.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/modules/catalogModuleTemplateKind.ts
@@ -13,17 +13,19 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
+
 import { createBackendModule } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { catalogProcessingExtensionPoint } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node';
 import { ScaffolderEntitiesProcessor } from '../processor';
 
 /**
+ * Registers support for the Template kind to the catalog backend plugin.
+ *
  * @alpha
- * Registers the ScaffolderEntitiesProcessor with the catalog processing extension point.
  */
-export const scaffolderCatalogModule = createBackendModule({
+export const catalogModuleTemplateKind = createBackendModule({
   moduleId: 'scaffolder',
-  pluginId: 'catalog',
+  pluginId: 'templateKind',
   register(env) {
     env.registerInit({
       deps: {
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/extension/index.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/modules/index.ts
similarity index 89%
rename from plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/extension/index.ts
rename to plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/modules/index.ts
index c827d9cafd..993a66815a 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/extension/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/modules/index.ts
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-export { scaffolderCatalogModule } from './ScaffolderCatalogModule';
+
+export { catalogModuleTemplateKind } from './catalogModuleTemplateKind';