diff --git a/pages/docs/functions/retries.mdx b/pages/docs/functions/retries.mdx
index ee8ed84ee..5b16266b3 100644
--- a/pages/docs/functions/retries.mdx
+++ b/pages/docs/functions/retries.mdx
@@ -184,3 +184,10 @@ export default inngest.createFunction(
 </CodeGroup>
 
 [Retries follow this backoff schedule](https://github.com/inngest/inngest/blob/main/pkg/backoff/backoff.go#L10-L22), with 0-30 seconds of random jitter added.
+
+You can manually schedule a retry by throwing `RetryAfterError`:
+
+```ts
+// Retry in 5 seconds
+throw new RetryAfterError("your error message", 5)
+```