diff --git a/topics/appendix/resources/explore_api.md b/topics/appendix/resources/explore_api.md
index c45f2dffd..c331d7f8b 100644
--- a/topics/appendix/resources/explore_api.md
+++ b/topics/appendix/resources/explore_api.md
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ There you'll find more EPs, and browsing through this list helps you discover fe
or
[Go to file](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/discover-intellij-idea.html#navigation-and-search)
helps you search for all files containing extension points.
-Just use *ExtensionPoints.xml as the search pattern and enable the include non-project items checkbox.
+Just use *ExtensionPoints.xml as the search pattern and select the All Places scope.
However, if a bundled or third-party plugin exposes EPs for others to implement, these EPs are defined in the plugin.xml files
of the plugins and not in the *ExtensionPoints.xml files of the IntelliJ Platform.