diff --git a/.changeset/plenty-mirrors-bow.md b/.changeset/plenty-mirrors-bow.md
index ce457800f8..d2686b60d3 100644
--- a/.changeset/plenty-mirrors-bow.md
+++ b/.changeset/plenty-mirrors-bow.md
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 ---
-'example-backend': patch
 '@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend': patch
 ---
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/metrics.ts b/packages/backend/src/metrics.ts
index ca053aaf77..8834022cd9 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/metrics.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/metrics.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ import promBundle from 'express-prom-bundle';
 import prom from 'prom-client';
 import * as url from 'url';
 
+/**
+ * Experimental Prometheus metrics used to benchmark the performance of the
+ * software catalog. Use this at your own risk.
+ */
 const rootRegEx = new RegExp('^/([^/]*)/.*');
 const apiRegEx = new RegExp('^/api/([^/]*)/.*');