diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cc7f703b..c2411d99 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
           publish: yarn release
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }} # Expected env variable by changeset publish
 
       - name: Send a Slack notification if a publish happens
         if: steps.changesets.outputs.published == 'true'
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ jobs:
         run: my-slack-bot send-notification --message "A new version of ${GITHUB_REPOSITORY} was published!"
 ```
 
+**Note**: Consider when you are using the `changesets/action` in combination with `changeset publish`, you are required to use `NODE_AUTH_TOKEN` instead of `NPM_TOKEN` environment variable.
+
 By default the GitHub Action creates a `.npmrc` file with the following content:
 
 ```