diff --git a/plugins/badges/README.md b/plugins/badges/README.md
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--- a/plugins/badges/README.md
+++ b/plugins/badges/README.md
@@ -13,6 +13,130 @@ To get markdown code for the entity badges, access the `Badges` context menu
 (three dots in the upper right corner) of an entity page, which will popup a
 badges dialog showing all available badges for that entity.
 
+## Usage
+
+### Install the package
+
+```bash
+yarn add @backstage/plugin-badges
+```
+
+### Register plugin
+
+This plugin requires explicit registration, so you will need to add it to your App's `plugins.ts` file:
+
+```ts
+// ...
+export { badgesPlugin } from '@backstage/plugin-badges';
+```
+
+If you don't have a `plugins.ts` file see: [troubleshooting](#troubleshooting)
+
+### Update your EntityPage
+
+In your `EntityPage.tsx` file located in `packages\app\src\components\catalog` we'll need to make a few changes to get the Badges context menu added to the UI.
+
+First we need to add the following imports:
+
+```ts
+import { EntityBadgesDialog } from '@backstage/plugin-badges';
+import BadgeIcon from '@material-ui/icons/CallToAction';
+```
+
+Next we'll update the React import that looks like this:
+
+```ts
+import React from 'react';
+```
+
+To look like this:
+
+```ts
+import React, { ReactNode, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+```
+
+Then we have to add this chunk of code after all the imports but before any of the other code:
+
+```ts
+const EntityLayoutWrapper = (props: { children?: ReactNode }) => {
+  const [badgesDialogOpen, setBadgesDialogOpen] = useState(false);
+
+  const extraMenuItems = useMemo(() => {
+    return [
+      {
+        title: 'Badges',
+        Icon: BadgeIcon,
+        onClick: () => setBadgesDialogOpen(true),
+      },
+    ];
+  }, []);
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <EntityLayout UNSTABLE_extraContextMenuItems={extraMenuItems}>
+        {props.children}
+      </EntityLayout>
+      <EntityBadgesDialog
+        open={badgesDialogOpen}
+        onClose={() => setBadgesDialogOpen(false)}
+      />
+    </>
+  );
+};
+```
+
+The last step is to wrap all the entity pages in the `EntityLayoutWrapper` like this:
+
+```diff
+const defaultEntityPage = (
++  <EntityLayoutWrapper>
+    <EntityLayout.Route path="/" title="Overview">
+      {overviewContent}
+    </EntityLayout.Route>
+
+    <EntityLayout.Route path="/docs" title="Docs">
+      <EntityTechdocsContent />
+    </EntityLayout.Route>
+
+    <EntityLayout.Route path="/todos" title="TODOs">
+      <EntityTodoContent />
+    </EntityLayout.Route>
++  </EntityLayoutWrapper>
+);
+```
+
+Note: the above only shows an example for the `defaultEntityPage` for a full example of this you can look at [this EntityPage](https://github.com/backstage/backstage/blob/1fd9e6f601cabe42af8eb20b5d200ad1988ba309/packages/app/src/components/catalog/EntityPage.tsx#L318)
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+If you don't have a `plugins.ts` file, you can create it with the path `packages/app/src/plugins.ts` and then import it into your `App.tsx`:
+
+```diff
++ import * as plugins from './plugins';
+
+const app = createApp({
+  apis,
++   plugins: Object.values(plugins),
+  bindRoutes({ bind }) {
+    /* ... */
+  },
+});
+```
+
+Or simply edit `App.tsx` with:
+
+```diff
++ import { badgesPlugin } from '@backstage/plugin-badges'
+
+const app = createApp({
+  apis,
++   plugins: [badgesPlugin],
+  bindRoutes({ bind }) {
+    /* ... */
+  },
+});
+```
+
 ## Links
 
 - [Backend part of the plugin](https://github.com/backstage/backstage/tree/master/plugins/badges-backend)