diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-github/report.api.md b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-github/report.api.md
index 9e930a7866..84e71c712a 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-github/report.api.md
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-github/report.api.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { CatalogService } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node';
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import { createPullRequest } from 'octokit-plugin-create-pull-request';
 import { GithubCredentialsProvider } from '@backstage/integration';
+import { LoggerService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { Octokit } from 'octokit';
 import { OctokitOptions } from '@octokit/core/dist-types/types';
 import { ScmIntegrationRegistry } from '@backstage/integration';
@@ -253,8 +254,8 @@ export function createGithubRepoCreateAction(options: {
               access: string;
             }
           | {
-              team: string;
               access: string;
+              team: string;
             }
         )[]
       | undefined;
@@ -444,8 +445,8 @@ export function createPublishGithubAction(options: {
               access: string;
             }
           | {
-              team: string;
               access: string;
+              team: string;
             }
         )[]
       | undefined;
@@ -509,6 +510,13 @@ export const createPublishGithubPullRequestAction: (
   'v2'
 >;
 
+// @public
+export function getOctokitClient(
+  octokitOptions: OctokitOptions,
+  logger: LoggerService,
+  retryOptions?: RetryOptions,
+): Octokit;
+
 // @public
 export function getOctokitOptions(options: {
   integrations: ScmIntegrationRegistry;
@@ -530,4 +538,10 @@ export function getOctokitOptions(options: {
 // @public
 const githubModule: BackendFeature;
 export default githubModule;
+
+// @public
+export type RetryOptions = {
+  retries?: number;
+  retryAfter?: number;
+};
 ```
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-github/src/util.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-github/src/util.ts
index f9cd695b83..5e537582ca 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-github/src/util.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-github/src/util.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS = 60_000;
 const DEFAULT_RETRY_ATTEMPTS = 3;
 const DEFAULT_RETRY_DELAY_MS = 1_000;
 
+/**
+ * Options used to override the default retry behavior of @octokit/plugin-retry.
+ * @public
+ */
 export type RetryOptions = {
   // The number of retry attempts for failed requests
   retries?: number;