diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 5c2d547d4e..ca302d825f 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 - Update the checklist in `PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md` to make the text "list of contributors" a link to the file in the repository. (#7524)
 - Enabled `erb_lint` linter for erb files (#7561)
 - Refactored the loading method of `javascripts/Results/context_menu.js`. (#7563)
+- Added test metadata examples to seed data for R autotesting (#7564)
 
 ## [v2.7.1]
 
diff --git a/db/data/autotest_files/r/script_files/test.R b/db/data/autotest_files/r/script_files/test.R
index 63a0ba39a3..5c638d2ce2 100644
--- a/db/data/autotest_files/r/script_files/test.R
+++ b/db/data/autotest_files/r/script_files/test.R
@@ -15,3 +15,22 @@ test_that("negative integers can be added", {
 test_that("this test raises an error", {
   my_error()
 })
+
+test_that("this test illustrates MarkUs metadata attributes", {
+  expect_equal(1, 1)
+
+  exp_signal(new_expectation(
+    type = "success",
+    message = "",
+    markus_overall_comments = "This is an overall comment. Great job!",
+    markus_tag = "good",
+    markus_annotation = list(
+      filename = "submission.R",
+      content = "This function should not be used",
+      line_start = 5,
+      line_end = 5,
+      column_start = 2,
+      column_end = 6
+    )
+  ))
+})