diff --git a/src/pages/[platform]/build-a-backend/data/set-up-data/index.mdx b/src/pages/[platform]/build-a-backend/data/set-up-data/index.mdx
index f627b3fb708..01125c78b9e 100644
--- a/src/pages/[platform]/build-a-backend/data/set-up-data/index.mdx
+++ b/src/pages/[platform]/build-a-backend/data/set-up-data/index.mdx
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ async function createTodo() {
 </InlineFilter>
 
 <InlineFilter filters={["react", "angular", "javascript", "nextjs", "react-native"]}>
-Run the application in local development mode and check your network tab after creating a todo. You should see a successful request to a `/graphql` endpoint.
+Run the application in local development mode with `npm run dev` and check your network tab after creating a todo. You should see a successful request to a `/graphql` endpoint.
 
 <Callout>