diff --git a/.changeset/tame-guests-wave.md b/.changeset/tame-guests-wave.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bbf757084d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tame-guests-wave.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-azure-devops-backend': patch
+---
+
+Added comments to example to help avoid confusion as to where lines need to be added
diff --git a/plugins/azure-devops-backend/README.md b/plugins/azure-devops-backend/README.md
index e71021471b..5dc0570bd2 100644
--- a/plugins/azure-devops-backend/README.md
+++ b/plugins/azure-devops-backend/README.md
@@ -60,7 +60,10 @@ Here's how to get the backend up and running:
    // ...
    async function main() {
      // ...
+     // Add this line under the other lines that follow the useHotMemoize pattern
      const azureDevOpsEnv = useHotMemoize(module, () => createEnv('azure-devops'));
+     // ...
+     // Insert this line under the other lines that add their routers to apiRouter in the same way
      apiRouter.use('/azure-devops', await azureDevOps(azureDevOpsEnv));
    ```