diff --git a/docs/en/ingest-management/elastic-agent/configuration/providers/elastic-agent-providers.asciidoc b/docs/en/ingest-management/elastic-agent/configuration/providers/elastic-agent-providers.asciidoc
index 9bedeb67b..396682c44 100644
--- a/docs/en/ingest-management/elastic-agent/configuration/providers/elastic-agent-providers.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/en/ingest-management/elastic-agent/configuration/providers/elastic-agent-providers.asciidoc
@@ -35,8 +35,9 @@ providers:
       - item: key2
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-Explicitly disable a provider by setting `enabled: false`. All providers
-are prefixed without name collisions. The name of the provider is in the key in the configuration.
+Providers are enabled automatically if a provider is referenced in an {agent} policy.
+All providers are prefixed without name collisions.
+The name of the provider is in the key in the configuration.
 
 [source,yaml]
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@@ -92,9 +93,11 @@ configuration.
 [[disable-providers-by-default]]
 === Disabling Providers By Default
 
-All registered providers are enabled by default.
+All registered providers are disabled by default until they are referenced in a policy.
 
-Disable all providers by default and only enable explicitly configured providers by setting `agent.providers.initial_default: false`.
+You can disable all providers even if they are referenced in a policy by setting `agent.providers.initial_default: false`.
+
+The following configuration disables all providers from running except for the docker provider, if it becomes referenced in the policy:
 
 [source,yaml]
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