diff --git a/apps/public-docsite-v9/src/Concepts/Theming.stories.mdx b/apps/public-docsite-v9/src/Concepts/Theming.stories.mdx
index e3d3dd4df88cf..38ae768c86697 100644
--- a/apps/public-docsite-v9/src/Concepts/Theming.stories.mdx
+++ b/apps/public-docsite-v9/src/Concepts/Theming.stories.mdx
@@ -123,7 +123,9 @@ export const customLightTheme: Theme = {
 
 ### Extending theme with new tokens
 
-It's often useful to extend the base set of tokens from Fluent UI.
+It's often useful for an app to extend the base set of tokens from Fluent UI.
+
+⚠ Components in this repo should _not_ do this.
 
 ⚠ Warning that adding more tokens adds more CSS variables which can effect run time performance as each DOM Node carries all the tokens.
 
@@ -168,3 +170,7 @@ const useStyles = makeStyles({
 ```
 
 ```
+
+```
+
+```
diff --git a/docs/react-v9/contributing/patterns/extending-tokens.md b/docs/react-v9/contributing/patterns/extending-tokens.md
index 9c182f9b6625d..f26008de479f0 100644
--- a/docs/react-v9/contributing/patterns/extending-tokens.md
+++ b/docs/react-v9/contributing/patterns/extending-tokens.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-It's often useful to extend the base set of tokens from Fluent UI.
+It's often useful for an app to extend the base set of tokens from Fluent UI.
+
+⚠ Components in this repo should _not_ do this.
 
 ⚠ Warning that adding more tokens adds more CSS variables which can effect run time performance as each DOM Node carries all the tokens.