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+---
+'@backstage/create-app': patch
+---
+
+Update the template to reflect the renaming of `DocsResultListItem` to `TechDocsSearchResultListItem` from `@backstage/plugin-techdocs`.
+
+To apply this change to an existing app, make the following change to `packages/app/src/components/search/SearchPage.tsx`:
+
+```diff
+-import { DocsResultListItem } from '@backstage/plugin-techdocs';
++import { TechDocsSearchResultListItem } from '@backstage/plugin-techdocs';
+```
+
+```diff
+   case 'techdocs':
+     return (
+-      <DocsResultListItem
++      <TechDocsSearchResultListItem
+         key={document.location}
+         result={document}
+       />
+```
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+---
+'@backstage/plugin-techdocs': patch
+---
+
+- Renamed `DocsResultListItem` to `TechDocsSearchResultListItem`, leaving the old name in place as a deprecations.
+
+- Renamed `TechDocsPage` to `TechDocsReaderPage`, leaving the old name in place as a deprecations.
+
+- Renamed `TechDocsPageRenderFunction` to `TechDocsPageRenderFunction`, leaving the old name in place as a deprecations.
+
+- Renamed `TechDocsPageHeader` to `TechDocsReaderPageHeader`, leaving the old name in place as a deprecations.
+
+- `LegacyTechDocsHome` marked as deprecated and will be deleted in next release, use `TechDocsCustomHome` instead.
+
+- `LegacyTechDocsPage` marked as deprecated and will be deleted in next release, use `TechDocsReaderPage` instead.