From 37858e7e2449ee82ca128993f78b539b71d11ada Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "grafana-delivery-bot[bot]"
 <132647405+grafana-delivery-bot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 11:28:46 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [v11.3.x] Docs: Add note to refresh page after saving
 dashboards (#97114)

Co-authored-by: Isabel Matwawana <76437239+imatwawana@users.noreply.github.com>
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 .../build-dashboards/annotate-visualizations/index.md           | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/sources/dashboards/build-dashboards/annotate-visualizations/index.md b/docs/sources/dashboards/build-dashboards/annotate-visualizations/index.md
index c7862d79151..7fdbd82d194 100644
--- a/docs/sources/dashboards/build-dashboards/annotate-visualizations/index.md
+++ b/docs/sources/dashboards/build-dashboards/annotate-visualizations/index.md
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ Watch the following video for a quick tutorial on creating annotations:
 
 To add an annotation, complete the following steps:
 
+1. If you've just saved a dashboard, refresh the page.
 1. Click **Edit** in the top-right corner of the dashboard.
 1. Click the panel to which you're adding the annotation.
 
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ Alternatively, to add an annotation, press Ctrl/Cmd and click the panel, and the
 
 ### Add a region annotation
 
+1. If you've just saved a dashboard, refresh the page.
 1. Click **Edit** in the top-right corner of the dashboard.
 1. Press Ctrl/Cmd and click and drag on the panel.
    ![Add annotation popover](/static/img/docs/time-series-panel/time-series-annotations-add-region-annotation.gif)