diff --git a/docs/frontend-system/architecture/07-routes.md b/docs/frontend-system/architecture/07-routes.md
index 2f8d3a5b7a..4dd06ffb90 100644
--- a/docs/frontend-system/architecture/07-routes.md
+++ b/docs/frontend-system/architecture/07-routes.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import { createRouteRef } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
 export const indexRouteRef = createRouteRef();
 ```
 
-Note that you almost always want to create the route references themselves in a different file than the one that creates the plugin instance, for example a top-level routes.ts. This is to avoid circular imports when you use the route references from other parts of the same plugin.
+Note that you often want to create the route references themselves in a different file than the one that creates the plugin instance, for example a top-level routes.ts. This is to avoid circular imports when you use the route references from other parts of the same plugin.
 
 ### Providing Route References to Plugins