diff --git a/docs/api/remix.md b/docs/api/remix.md
index 6b036306cf0..2d6a72ecbdd 100644
--- a/docs/api/remix.md
+++ b/docs/api/remix.md
@@ -1555,14 +1555,13 @@ These are fully featured utilities for handling fairly simple use cases. It's no
 **Example:**
 
 ```tsx
-const uploadHandler = unstable_createFileUploadHandler({
-  maxFileSize: 5_000_000,
-  file: ({ filename }) => filename,
-});
-
 export const action: ActionFunction = async ({
   request,
 }) => {
+  const uploadHandler = unstable_createFileUploadHandler({
+    maxFileSize: 5_000_000,
+    file: ({ filename }) => filename,
+  });
   const formData = await unstable_parseMultipartFormData(
     request,
     uploadHandler
@@ -1594,13 +1593,12 @@ The `filter` function accepts an `object` and returns a `boolean` (or a promise
 **Example:**
 
 ```tsx
-const uploadHandler = unstable_createMemoryUploadHandler({
-  maxFileSize: 500_000,
-});
-
 export const action: ActionFunction = async ({
   request,
 }) => {
+  const uploadHandler = unstable_createMemoryUploadHandler({
+    maxFileSize: 500_000,
+  });
   const formData = await unstable_parseMultipartFormData(
     request,
     uploadHandler
@@ -1709,12 +1707,12 @@ Your job is to do whatever you need with the `stream` and return a value that's
 
 We have the built-in `unstable_createFileUploadHandler` and `unstable_createMemoryUploadHandler` and we also expect more upload handler utilities to be developed in the future. If you have a form that needs to use different upload handlers, you can compose them together with a custom handler, here's a theoretical example:
 
-```tsx
+```tsx filename=file-upload-handler.server.tsx
 import type { UploadHandler } from "@remix-run/{runtime}";
 import { unstable_createFileUploadHandler } from "@remix-run/{runtime}";
 import { createCloudinaryUploadHandler } from "some-handy-remix-util";
 
-export const fileUploadHandler =
+export const standardFileUploadHandler =
   unstable_createFileUploadHandler({
     directory: "public/calendar-events",
   });
@@ -1724,9 +1722,9 @@ export const cloudinaryUploadHandler =
     folder: "/my-site/avatars",
   });
 
-export const multHandler: UploadHandler = (args) => {
+export const fileUploadHandler: UploadHandler = (args) => {
   if (args.name === "calendarEvent") {
-    return fileUploadHandler(args);
+    return standardFileUploadHandler(args);
   } else if (args.name === "eventBanner") {
     return cloudinaryUploadHandler(args);
   } else {
diff --git a/docs/pages/gotchas.md b/docs/pages/gotchas.md
index 9d0d7084966..88bda11ebd3 100644
--- a/docs/pages/gotchas.md
+++ b/docs/pages/gotchas.md
@@ -55,6 +55,31 @@ export default function SomeRoute() {
 
 Even better, send a PR to the project to add `"sideEffects": false` to their package.json so that bundlers that tree shake know they can safely remove the code from browser bundles.
 
+Similarly, you may run into the same error if you call a function at the top-level scope of your route module that depends on server-only code.
+
+For example, [Remix upload handlers like `unstable_createFileUploadHandler` and `unstable_createMemoryUploadHandler`](../api/remix#uploadhandler) use Node globals under the hood and should only be called on the server. You can call either of these functions in a `*.server.js` or `*.server.ts` file, or you can move them into your route's `action` or `loader` function:
+
+```tsx filename=app/routes/some-route.jsx
+import { unstable_createFileUploadHandler } from "@remix-run/{runtime}";
+
+// Instead of this…
+const uploadHandler = unstable_createFileUploadHandler({
+  maxFileSize: 5_000_000,
+  file: ({ filename }) => filename,
+});
+
+// …do this
+
+export async function action({ request }) {
+  const uploadHandler = unstable_createFileUploadHandler({
+    maxFileSize: 5_000_000,
+    file: ({ filename }) => filename,
+  });
+
+  // ...
+}
+```
+
 > Why does this happen?
 
 Remix uses "tree shaking" to remove server code from browser bundles. Anything inside of Route module `loader`, `action`, and `headers` exports will be removed. It's a great approach but suffers from ecosystem compatibility.