diff --git a/templates/github/register-github-component/README.md b/templates/github/register-github-component/README.md
index dc80a777..e4ee0daf 100644
--- a/templates/github/register-github-component/README.md
+++ b/templates/github/register-github-component/README.md
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ Once you press create, you should expect all the steps to be completed successfu
 
 To ingest the component, you will need to merge the pull request created by the template.
 To navigate to the pull request, click the `Go to PR #{PR_NUMBER}` button to be redirected to the corresponding pull request.
+Feel free to add any additional annotations to the `catalog-info.yaml` file before merging the pull request.
 Once the pull request is merged, wait up to 5 minutes for the component to be ingested into the catalog.
 
 Once ingested, navigate to the catalog (filter by `kind=Component`) and you should see your newly registered component.
diff --git a/templates/gitlab/register-gitlab-component/README.md b/templates/gitlab/register-gitlab-component/README.md
index 8da981a7..8b968f9b 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab/register-gitlab-component/README.md
+++ b/templates/gitlab/register-gitlab-component/README.md
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ Once you press create, you should expect all the steps to be completed successfu
 
 To ingest the component, you will need to merge the merge request created by the template.
 To navigate to the merge request, click the `Go to Merge Request` button to be redirected to the corresponding merge request.
+Feel free to add any additional annotations to the `catalog-info.yaml` file before merging the merge request.
 Once the merge request is merged, wait up to 5 minutes for the component to be ingested into the catalog.
 
 Once ingested, navigate to the catalog (filter by `kind=Component`) and you should see your newly registered component.