diff --git a/.changeset/twenty-eagles-turn.md b/.changeset/twenty-eagles-turn.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0137d3fb20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/twenty-eagles-turn.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/backend-common': patch
+---
+
+Tweaked the `UrlReader` multiplexer so that it uses the more helpful `NotAllowedError` messaging for all methods.
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/reading/UrlReaderPredicateMux.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/reading/UrlReaderPredicateMux.ts
index bbe94a0fb4..13d85be4d4 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/reading/UrlReaderPredicateMux.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/reading/UrlReaderPredicateMux.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ import {
 
 const MIN_WARNING_INTERVAL_MS = 1000 * 60 * 15;
 
+function notAllowedMessage(url: string) {
+  return (
+    `Reading from '${url}' is not allowed. ` +
+    `You may need to configure an integration for the target host, or add it ` +
+    `to the configured list of allowed hosts at 'backend.reading.allow'`
+  );
+}
+
 /**
  * A UrlReader implementation that selects from a set of UrlReaders
  * based on a predicate tied to each reader.
@@ -52,11 +60,7 @@ export class UrlReaderPredicateMux implements UrlReader {
       }
     }
 
-    throw new NotAllowedError(
-      `Reading from '${url}' is not allowed. ` +
-        `You may need to configure an integration for the target host, or add it ` +
-        `to the configured list of allowed hosts at 'backend.reading.allow'`,
-    );
+    throw new NotAllowedError(notAllowedMessage(url));
   }
 
   async readUrl(
@@ -87,7 +91,7 @@ export class UrlReaderPredicateMux implements UrlReader {
       }
     }
 
-    throw new NotAllowedError(`Reading from '${url}' is not allowed`);
+    throw new NotAllowedError(notAllowedMessage(url));
   }
 
   async readTree(
@@ -102,7 +106,7 @@ export class UrlReaderPredicateMux implements UrlReader {
       }
     }
 
-    throw new NotAllowedError(`Reading from '${url}' is not allowed`);
+    throw new NotAllowedError(notAllowedMessage(url));
   }
 
   async search(url: string, options?: SearchOptions): Promise<SearchResponse> {
@@ -114,7 +118,7 @@ export class UrlReaderPredicateMux implements UrlReader {
       }
     }
 
-    throw new NotAllowedError(`Reading from '${url}' is not allowed`);
+    throw new NotAllowedError(notAllowedMessage(url));
   }
 
   toString() {