diff --git a/.changeset/nine-wombats-talk.md b/.changeset/nine-wombats-talk.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..769bd9b085ef2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/nine-wombats-talk.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-user-settings': patch
+---
+
+Updated example code for registering feature flags in the `EmptyFlags` component
diff --git a/plugins/user-settings/src/components/FeatureFlags/EmptyFlags.tsx b/plugins/user-settings/src/components/FeatureFlags/EmptyFlags.tsx
index 785f398d6fbe8..0e2b911978ac9 100644
--- a/plugins/user-settings/src/components/FeatureFlags/EmptyFlags.tsx
+++ b/plugins/user-settings/src/components/FeatureFlags/EmptyFlags.tsx
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ const EXAMPLE = `import { createPlugin } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 
 export default createPlugin({
   id: 'plugin-name',
-  register({ router, featureFlags }) {
-    featureFlags.register('enable-example-feature');
-  },
+  featureFlags: [{ name: 'enable-example-feature' }],
 });
 `;