diff --git a/website/docs/language/settings/backends/configuration.mdx b/website/docs/language/settings/backends/configuration.mdx
index 321392674b..eff8c8180f 100644
--- a/website/docs/language/settings/backends/configuration.mdx
+++ b/website/docs/language/settings/backends/configuration.mdx
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ There are some important limitations on backend configuration:
 
 - A configuration can only provide one backend block.
 - A backend block cannot refer to named values (like input variables, locals, or data source attributes).
+- You cannot reference values declared within backend blocks elsewhere in the configuration. Refer to [References to Resource Attributes](/terraform/language/expressions/references#references-to-resource-attributes) for more details.
 
 ### Credentials and Sensitive Data