diff --git a/1-CONTRIBUTION-GUIDE/best-practices.md b/1-CONTRIBUTION-GUIDE/best-practices.md
index 558c78f05f1d..cb605178fd93 100644
--- a/1-CONTRIBUTION-GUIDE/best-practices.md
+++ b/1-CONTRIBUTION-GUIDE/best-practices.md
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ The common properties should be authored consistently to provide for understanda
         {
             "comments": "if any",
             "condition": true,
+            "scope": "% parent scope %",
             "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
             "apiVersion": "2017-12-01",
             "name": "[concat(parameters('virtualMachineName'), copyIndex(1))]",