diff --git a/plugins/user-settings/api-report.md b/plugins/user-settings/api-report.md
index 1323bb8d7f..6167e343d6 100644
--- a/plugins/user-settings/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/user-settings/api-report.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export const Settings: (props: { icon?: IconComponent }) => JSX.Element;
 // @public (undocumented)
 export const SettingsLayout: {
   (props: SettingsLayoutProps): JSX.Element;
-  Route: (props: SubRoute) => null;
+  Route: (props: SettingsLayoutRouteProps) => null;
 };
 
 // @public (undocumented)
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export type SettingsLayoutProps = {
 };
 
 // @public (undocumented)
-export type SubRoute = {
+export type SettingsLayoutRouteProps = {
   path: string;
   title: string;
   children: JSX.Element;
diff --git a/plugins/user-settings/src/components/SettingsLayout/SettingsLayout.tsx b/plugins/user-settings/src/components/SettingsLayout/SettingsLayout.tsx
index 23394819d6..c120c87122 100644
--- a/plugins/user-settings/src/components/SettingsLayout/SettingsLayout.tsx
+++ b/plugins/user-settings/src/components/SettingsLayout/SettingsLayout.tsx
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import {
 } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 
 /** @public */
-export type SubRoute = {
+export type SettingsLayoutRouteProps = {
   path: string;
   title: string;
   children: JSX.Element;
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export type SubRoute = {
 
 const dataKey = 'plugin.user-settings.settingsLayoutRoute';
 
-const Route: (props: SubRoute) => null = () => null;
+const Route: (props: SettingsLayoutRouteProps) => null = () => null;
 attachComponentData(Route, dataKey, true);
 
 // This causes all mount points that are discovered within this route to use the path of the route itself
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export const SettingsLayout = (props: SettingsLayoutProps) => {
         withStrictError:
           'Child of SettingsLayout must be an SettingsLayout.Route',
       })
-      .getElements<SubRoute>()
+      .getElements<SettingsLayoutRouteProps>()
       .map(child => child.props),
   );
 
diff --git a/plugins/user-settings/src/components/SettingsLayout/index.ts b/plugins/user-settings/src/components/SettingsLayout/index.ts
index 36a5633c94..6e610f8078 100644
--- a/plugins/user-settings/src/components/SettingsLayout/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/user-settings/src/components/SettingsLayout/index.ts
@@ -14,5 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-export type { SettingsLayoutProps, SubRoute } from './SettingsLayout';
+export type {
+  SettingsLayoutProps,
+  SettingsLayoutRouteProps,
+} from './SettingsLayout';
 export { SettingsLayout } from './SettingsLayout';