diff --git a/docs/site/todo-tutorial-putting-it-together.md b/docs/site/todo-tutorial-putting-it-together.md
index 8a99c38fcc03..31ea05d4dabd 100644
--- a/docs/site/todo-tutorial-putting-it-together.md
+++ b/docs/site/todo-tutorial-putting-it-together.md
@@ -46,9 +46,16 @@ Here are some requests you can try:
 - `POST /todos` with a body of `{ "title": "get the milk" }`
 - `GET /todos/{id}` using the ID you received from your `POST`, and see if you
   get your Todo object back.
-- `PATCH /todos/{id}` using the same ID, with a body of
+- `PATCH /todos/{id}`, using the same ID, with a body of
   `{ "desc": "need milk for cereal" }`
 
+{% include note.html content="
+For the meantime, use
+`{ "title": "get the milk", "desc": "need milk for cereal" }` as the body for
+`PATCH/todos/{id}`, as LoopBack 4 doesn't support partial updates yet. For more
+info, see [here](https://github.com/strongloop/loopback-next/issues/1722).
+" %}
+
 That's it! You've just created your first LoopBack 4 application!
 
 ### Where to go from here