diff --git a/.changeset/tall-lies-fetch.md b/.changeset/tall-lies-fetch.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..391aa95aa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tall-lies-fetch.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog': patch
+---
+
+Variable 'catalogTranslationRef' is exported in translation.ts, but it was forgotten to also add it to the alpha entrypoint, so the code never became "visible"
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/api-report-alpha.md b/plugins/catalog/api-report-alpha.md
index 3226d10270..75d7e53873 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/api-report-alpha.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog/api-report-alpha.md
@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@ import { ExtensionDefinition } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
 import { ExternalRouteRef } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
 import { PortableSchema } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
 import { RouteRef } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
+import { TranslationRef } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api/alpha';
+
+// @alpha (undocumented)
+export const catalogTranslationRef: TranslationRef<
+  'catalog',
+  {
+    readonly 'indexPage.title': '{{orgName}} Catalog';
+    readonly 'indexPage.createButtonTitle': 'Create';
+  }
+>;
 
 // @alpha (undocumented)
 export function createCatalogFilterExtension<
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/alpha.ts b/plugins/catalog/src/alpha.ts
index e80f131817..927d5362b4 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/alpha.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/alpha.ts
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@
 
 export * from './alpha/index';
 export { default } from './alpha/index';
+export { catalogTranslationRef } from './translation';