diff --git a/docs/dls/component-design-guidelines.md b/docs/dls/component-design-guidelines.md
index 8cc7624b11..654f6fbbd2 100644
--- a/docs/dls/component-design-guidelines.md
+++ b/docs/dls/component-design-guidelines.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ theme features:
 
 Layout refers to how you organize or stack content. Whenever possible, we want
 to use Backstage's components (check the [Storybook][1] for a list and demo)
-or MUI components (check the [MUI docs][2]).
+first, and otherwise fall back to Material-UI components (check the [MUI docs][2]).
 
 If none of these fit your layout needs, then you can build one, however using
 HTML+CSS directly is not recommended, it's better to use MUI layout components