diff --git a/canto_deploy.yaml b/canto_deploy.yaml
index 9ac6725534a89f176d6b701bfc1c4e6210b050ec..6fb504f49744b2ac6cca04fb940c6fef9c3984cf 100644
--- a/canto_deploy.yaml
+++ b/canto_deploy.yaml
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ allele_note_types:
   - name: internal_note
     display_name: Internal note
 
+# The heading above the external_notes section on the front page of the publication session, if any (tis notes are external to canto but internal for FlyBase, hence the difference in labels)
+external_notes_label: Internal notes
+
 ## display wildtype 'alleles' simply as '+'
 wildtype_name_template: '@@gene_display_name@@[+]'