diff --git a/plugins/notifications-backend/README.md b/plugins/notifications-backend/README.md
index e12f540aa5..38f8720f17 100644
--- a/plugins/notifications-backend/README.md
+++ b/plugins/notifications-backend/README.md
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ Welcome to the notifications backend plugin!
 
 ## Getting started
 
-First you have to install `@backstage/plugin-notifications-node` and `@backstage/plugin-signals-node`
-packages.
-
 Add the notifications to your backend:
 
 ```ts
@@ -15,7 +12,68 @@ const backend = createBackend();
 backend.add(import('@backstage/plugin-notifications-backend'));
 ```
 
+For users to be able to see notifications in real-time, you have to install also
+the signals plugin (`@backstage/plugin-signals-node`, `@backstage/plugin-signals-backend`, and
+`@backstage/plugin-signals`).
+
 ## Extending Notifications
 
 The notifications can be extended with `NotificationProcessor`. These processors allow to decorate notifications
 before they are sent or/and send the notifications to external services.
+
+Start off by creating a notification processor:
+
+```ts
+import { Notification } from '@backstage/plugin-notifications-common';
+import { NotificationProcessor } from '@backstage/plugin-notifications-node';
+
+class MyNotificationProcessor implements NotificationProcessor {
+  async decorate(notification: Notification): Promise<Notification> {
+    if (notification.origin === 'plugin-my-plugin') {
+      notification.payload.icon = 'my-icon';
+    }
+    return notification;
+  }
+
+  async send(notification: Notification): Promise<void> {
+    nodemailer.sendEmail({
+      from: 'backstage',
+      to: 'user',
+      subject: notification.payload.title,
+      text: notification.payload.description,
+    });
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Both of the processing functions are optional, and you can implement only one of them.
+
+Add the notification processor to the notification system by:
+
+```ts
+import { notificationsProcessingExtensionPoint } from '@backstage/plugin-notifications-node';
+import { Notification } from '@backstage/plugin-notifications-common';
+
+export const myPlugin = createBackendPlugin({
+  pluginId: 'myPlugin',
+  register(env) {
+    env.registerInit({
+      deps: {
+        notifications: notificationsProcessingExtensionPoint,
+        // ...
+      },
+      async init({ notifications }) {
+        // ...
+        notifications.addProcessor(new MyNotificationProcessor());
+      },
+    });
+  },
+});
+```
+
+## Sending notifications
+
+To be able to send notifications to users, you have to integrate the `@backstage/plugin-notifications-node`
+to your application and plugins.
+See [README](https://github.com/backstage/backstage/blob/master/plugins/plugin-notifications-node/README.md)
+for more information.
diff --git a/plugins/notifications-node/README.md b/plugins/notifications-node/README.md
index 60d1e35c24..13475ab209 100644
--- a/plugins/notifications-node/README.md
+++ b/plugins/notifications-node/README.md
@@ -5,44 +5,34 @@ Welcome to the Node.js library package for the notifications plugin!
 ## Getting Started
 
 To be able to send notifications from other backend plugins, the `NotificationService` must be initialized for the
-environment. This can be done by adding the following changes to `packages/backend/src/index.ts` and
-`packages/backend/src/types.ts`:
-
-`index.ts`:
+environment. Add notification service to your `plugin.ts` as a dependency for init
 
 ```ts
-import { NotificationService } from '@backstage/plugin-notifications-node';
+import { notificationService } from '@backstage/plugin-notifications-node';
 
-function makeCreateEnv(config: Config) {
-  // ...
-  const defaultNotificationService = DefaultNotificationService.create({
-    logger: root.child({ type: 'plugin' }),
-    discovery,
-    tokenManager,
-    signalService,
-  });
-
-  // ...
-  return (plugin: string): PluginEnvironment => {
-    // ...
-    const notificationService = defaultNotificationService.forPlugin(plugin);
-
-    return {
-      // ...
-      notificationService,
-    };
-  };
-}
-```
-
-`types.ts`:
-
-```ts
-import { NotificationService } from '@backstage/plugin-notifications-node';
-export type PluginEnvironment = {
-  // ...
-  notificationService: NotificationService;
-};
+export const myPlugin = createBackendPlugin({
+  pluginId: 'myPlugin',
+  register(env) {
+    env.registerInit({
+      deps: {
+        config: coreServices.rootConfig,
+        logger: coreServices.logger,
+        httpRouter: coreServices.httpRouter,
+        notificationService: notificationService,
+      },
+      async init({ config, logger, httpRouter, notificationService }) {
+        httpRouter.use(
+          await createRouter({
+            config,
+            logger,
+            permissions,
+            notificationService,
+          }),
+        );
+      },
+    });
+  },
+});
 ```
 
 You also need to set up the `@backstage/plugin-notifications-backend` and `@backstage/plugin-notifications`
@@ -57,5 +47,5 @@ When sending notifications, you can specify the entity reference of the notifica
 a user, the notification will be sent to only that user. If it's a group, the notification will be sent to all
 members of the group. If it's some other entity, the notification will be sent to the owner of that entity.
 
-If the notification has `topic` set and user already has notification with that topic, the existing notification
+If the notification has `scope` set and user already has notification with that scope, the existing notification
 will be updated with the new notification values and moved to inbox as unread.