diff --git a/docs/src/pages/docs/getting-started/app-router/with-i18n-routing.mdx b/docs/src/pages/docs/getting-started/app-router/with-i18n-routing.mdx
index 6456eeb48..137a0fb7d 100644
--- a/docs/src/pages/docs/getting-started/app-router/with-i18n-routing.mdx
+++ b/docs/src/pages/docs/getting-started/app-router/with-i18n-routing.mdx
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ export default function IndexPage({params: {locale}}) {
 
 1. The locale that you pass to `setRequestLocale` should be validated (e.g. in your [root layout](#layout)).
 2. You need to call this function in every page and every layout that you intend to enable static rendering for since Next.js can render layouts and pages independently.
+3. `setRequestLocale` needs to be called before you invoke any functions from `next-intl` like `useTranslations` or `getMessages`.
 
 <Details id="setrequestlocale-implementation">
 <summary>How does setRequestLocale work?</summary>