diff --git a/docs/sources/dashboards/build-dashboards/annotate-visualizations/index.md b/docs/sources/dashboards/build-dashboards/annotate-visualizations/index.md
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@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ Annotations are supported for the following visualization types:
 
 Grafana comes with the ability to add annotation events directly from a panel using the [built-in annotation query](#built-in-query) that exists on all dashboards. Annotations that you create this way are stored in Grafana.
 
-To add annotations directly in the panel, the built-in query must be enabled. Learn more in [Built-in query](#built-in-query)
+To add annotations directly in the panel:
+
+- The dashboard must already be saved.
+- The built-in query must be enabled. Learn more in [Built-in query](#built-in-query).
 
 ### Add an annotation