diff --git a/reference/fleet/air-gapped.md b/reference/fleet/air-gapped.md
index 3cc1dfd7d8..3f49f95c99 100644
--- a/reference/fleet/air-gapped.md
+++ b/reference/fleet/air-gapped.md
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ These steps use the standard Docker CLI, but you can create a Kubernetes manifes
         docker.elastic.co/package-registry/distribution:{{stack-version}}
     ```
 
+    The `/health?ready=true` API can be used as a readiness API to check if EPR is ready to serve requests.
+    When this endpoint returns `200` HTTP status code, the service is ready to handle requests.
 
 
 ### Connect {{kib}} to your hosted {{package-registry}} [air-gapped-diy-epr-kibana]