diff --git a/doc/developer/modules.rst b/doc/developer/modules.rst
index 99c79462ab..763d8b1b8d 100644
--- a/doc/developer/modules.rst
+++ b/doc/developer/modules.rst
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ Basic boilerplate:
 
     #include "hook.h"
     #include "module.h"
+    #include "libfrr.h"
+    #include "thread.h"
+
+    static int module_late_init(struct thread_master *master)
+    {
+        /* Do initialization stuff here */
+        return 0;
+    }
 
     static int
     module_init (void)