diff --git a/docs/admin/external_services/postgres.mdx b/docs/admin/external_services/postgres.mdx
index a48e298d8..049aa7a78 100644
--- a/docs/admin/external_services/postgres.mdx
+++ b/docs/admin/external_services/postgres.mdx
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ In order to enable IAM Auth, you first need to:
   - For EKS (k8s deployment), use [IAM roles for service accounts](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/iam-roles-for-service-accounts.html)
   - For EC2 (docker-compose deployment), use [IAM roles for Amazon EC2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/iam-roles-for-amazon-ec2.html)
 
-For [every services that require postgres database connection](https://github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph-public-snapshot/blob/main/lib/servicecatalog/service-catalog.yaml), ensure below environment variables are configured:
+Configure the following environment variables for the **`sourcegraph-frontend`** service (or all `sourcegraph-frontend-*` services in Docker Compose deployments):
 
 - `PG_CONNECTION_UPDATER=EC2_ROLE_CREDENTIALS`
 - `PGSSLMODE=require`
@@ -131,15 +131,20 @@ For [every services that require postgres database connection](https://github.co
 - `PGUSER=<>` - this should be the database accounts created above
 - `PGDATABASE=<>`
 - `CODEINTEL_PGSSLMODE=require`
+- `CODEINTEL_PGHOST=<>`
 - `CODEINTEL_PGPORT=<>`
-- `CODEINTEL_PGUSER=<>` this should be the database accounts created above
+- `CODEINTEL_PGUSER=<>` - this should be the database accounts created above
 - `CODEINTEL_PGDATABASE=<>`
 - `CODEINSIGHTS_PGSSLMODE=require`
 - `CODEINSIGHTS_PGHOST=<>`
 - `CODEINSIGHTS_PGPORT=<>`
-- `CODEINSIGHTS_PGUSER=<>` this should be the database accounts created above
+- `CODEINSIGHTS_PGUSER=<>` - this should be the database accounts created above
 - `CODEINSIGHTS_PGDATABASE=<>`
 
+**Optional:** If your workloads are in a specific AWS Region and you want to use regional STS endpoints for improved latency and resiliency, also set:
+
+- `AWS_STS_REGIONAL_ENDPOINTS=regional` - This configures the AWS SDK to use regional STS endpoints (e.g., `sts.us-west-2.amazonaws.com`) instead of the global endpoint (`sts.amazonaws.com`). This is recommended for better performance and resilience. See [AWS documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdkref/latest/guide/feature-sts-regionalized-endpoints.html) for more details.
+
 ## Usage with PgBouncer
 
 [PgBouncer] is a lightweight connections pooler for PostgreSQL. It allows more clients to connect with the PostgreSQL database without running into connection limits.