diff --git a/.changeset/yellow-rocks-film.md b/.changeset/yellow-rocks-film.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0341a1c0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/yellow-rocks-film.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@trigger.dev/cli": patch
+---
+
+Updated example job for the pages router
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/init.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/init.ts
index f6319c83a..16b0ae912 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/init.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/init.ts
@@ -603,20 +603,28 @@ export const client = new TriggerClient({
 import { eventTrigger } from "@trigger.dev/sdk";
 import { client } from "${jobsPathPrefix}trigger";
 
-// your first job
+// Your first job
+// This Job will be triggered by an event, log a joke to the console, and then wait 5 seconds before logging the punchline
 client.defineJob({
+  // This is the unique identifier for your Job, it must be unique across all Jobs in your project
   id: "example-job",
-  name: "Example Job",
+  name: "Example Job: a joke with a delay",
   version: "0.0.1",
+  // This is triggered by an event using eventTrigger. You can also trigger Jobs with webhooks, on schedules, and more: https://trigger.dev/docs/documentation/concepts/triggers/introduction
   trigger: eventTrigger({
     name: "example.event",
   }),
   run: async (payload, io, ctx) => {
-    await io.logger.info("Hello world!", { payload });
-
-    return {
-      message: "Hello world!",
-    };
+    // This logs a message to the console
+    await io.logger.info("🧪 Example Job: a joke with a delay");
+    await io.logger.info("How do you comfort a JavaScript bug?");
+    // This waits for 5 seconds, the second parameter is the number of seconds to wait, you can add delays of up to a year
+    await io.wait("Wait 5 seconds for the punchline...", 5);
+    await io.logger.info("You console it! 🤦");
+    await io.logger.info(
+      "✨ Congratulations, You just ran your first successful Trigger.dev Job! ✨"
+    );
+    // To learn how to write much more complex (and probably funnier) Jobs, check out our docs: https://trigger.dev/docs/documentation/guides/create-a-job
   },
 });
 `;