diff --git a/docs/sources/configure/_index.md b/docs/sources/configure/_index.md
index 7302e4eb92237..b675f85157423 100644
--- a/docs/sources/configure/_index.md
+++ b/docs/sources/configure/_index.md
@@ -3148,7 +3148,7 @@ otlp_config:
   resource_attributes:
     # Configure whether to ignore the default list of resource attributes to be
     # stored as index labels and only use the given resource attributes config
-    [ignore_defaults: <boolean>]
+    [ignore_defaults: <boolean> | default = false]
 
     [attributes_config: <list of attributes_configs>]
 
diff --git a/pkg/loghttp/push/otlp_config.go b/pkg/loghttp/push/otlp_config.go
index e2aba0f6f8135..44c0e932f9c12 100644
--- a/pkg/loghttp/push/otlp_config.go
+++ b/pkg/loghttp/push/otlp_config.go
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func (c *AttributesConfig) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) erro
 }
 
 type ResourceAttributesConfig struct {
-	IgnoreDefaults   bool               `yaml:"ignore_defaults,omitempty" doc:"description=Configure whether to ignore the default list of resource attributes to be stored as index labels and only use the given resource attributes config"`
+	IgnoreDefaults   bool               `yaml:"ignore_defaults,omitempty" doc:"default=false|description=Configure whether to ignore the default list of resource attributes to be stored as index labels and only use the given resource attributes config"`
 	AttributesConfig []AttributesConfig `yaml:"attributes_config,omitempty"`
 }